diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index e57e67ab0a7..8b5faaba5df 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     HDFS-3197. Incorrect class comments in a few tests. (Andy Isaacson via eli)
 
+    HDFS-2391. Newly set BalancerBandwidth value is not displayed anywhere.
+    (harsh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-2834. Add a ByteBuffer-based read API to DFSInputStream.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
index 550b34a379d..9f0c088dcad 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ class BPOfferService {
       if (bandwidth > 0) {
         DataXceiverServer dxcs =
                      (DataXceiverServer) dn.dataXceiverServer.getRunnable();
+        LOG.info("Updating balance throttler bandwidth from "
+            + dxcs.balanceThrottler.getBandwidth() + " bytes/s "
+            + "to: " + bandwidth + " bytes/s.");
         dxcs.balanceThrottler.setBandwidth(bandwidth);
       }
       break;