diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index c3785e01c95..db77633152d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-2122. In AllocationFileLoaderService, the reloadThread should be created
     in init() and started in start(). (Robert Kanter via kasha)
 
+    YARN-2132. ZKRMStateStore.ZKAction#runWithRetries doesn't log the exception
+    it encounters. (Vamsee Yarlagadda via kasha)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java
index c5016e1397a..31c8885d4f2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java
@@ -998,13 +998,13 @@ public class ZKRMStateStore extends RMStateStore {
             throw new StoreFencedException();
           }
         } catch (KeeperException ke) {
+          LOG.info("Exception while executing a ZK operation.", ke);
           if (shouldRetry(ke.code()) && ++retry < numRetries) {
-            LOG.info("Waiting for zookeeper to be connected, retry no. + "
-                + retry);
+            LOG.info("Retrying operation on ZK. Retry no. " + retry);
             Thread.sleep(zkRetryInterval);
             continue;
           }
-          LOG.debug("Error while doing ZK operation.", ke);
+          LOG.info("Maxed out ZK retries. Giving up!");
           throw ke;
         }
       }