diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 3829164627f..55e9e327f8c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     YARN-184. Remove unnecessary locking in fair scheduler, and address 
     findbugs excludes. (sandyr via tucu)
 
+    YARN-224. Fair scheduler logs too many nodeUpdate INFO messages.
+    (Sandy Ryza via tomwhite)
+
 Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
index de5de41894f..f1921adf977 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
@@ -723,7 +723,9 @@ public class FairScheduler implements ResourceScheduler {
   private synchronized void nodeUpdate(RMNode nm,
       List<ContainerStatus> newlyLaunchedContainers,
       List<ContainerStatus> completedContainers) {
-    LOG.info("nodeUpdate: " + nm + " cluster capacity: " + clusterCapacity);
+    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+      LOG.debug("nodeUpdate: " + nm + " cluster capacity: " + clusterCapacity);
+    }
     eventLog.log("HEARTBEAT", nm.getHostName());
     FSSchedulerNode node = nodes.get(nm.getNodeID());