diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index ad332b152d1..022c016089c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -779,6 +779,8 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3318. Use BoundedInputStream in ByteRangeInputStream, otherwise, it
     hangs on transfers >2 GB.  (Daryn Sharp via szetszwo)
 
+    HDFS-3321. Fix safe mode turn off tip message.  (Ravi Prakash via szetszwo)
+
 Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index beab87447c0..c92ee852e43 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -3723,7 +3723,7 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSClusterStats,
           msg += String.format(
             "The number of live datanodes %d needs an additional %d live "
             + "datanodes to reach the minimum number %d.",
-            numLive, (datanodeThreshold - numLive) + 1 , datanodeThreshold);
+            numLive, (datanodeThreshold - numLive), datanodeThreshold);
         }
         msg += " " + leaveMsg;
       } else {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java
index 3c25a61e725..3da68643d79 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public class TestSafeMode {
     String tipMsg = cluster.getNamesystem().getSafemode();
     assertTrue("Safemode tip message looks right: " + tipMsg,
                tipMsg.contains("The number of live datanodes 0 needs an additional " +
-                               "2 live datanodes to reach the minimum number 1. " +
+                               "1 live datanodes to reach the minimum number 1. " +
                                "Safe mode will be turned off automatically."));
 
     // Start a datanode