diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 3c958d57bfa..176da9de825 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize { // , Writable{
    * <p>This method may block for some time, so it should not be called from a
    * time-sensitive thread.
    *
-   * @return true if cache was flushed
+   * @return true if the region needs compacting
    *
    * @throws IOException general io exceptions
    * @throws DroppedSnapshotException Thrown when replay of hlog is required
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index 52ae22ca71f..5267597efa9 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -3607,7 +3607,12 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtos.ClientService.BlockingInterfa
       }
       FlushRegionResponse.Builder builder = FlushRegionResponse.newBuilder();
       if (shouldFlush) {
-        builder.setFlushed(region.flushcache());
+        boolean result = region.flushcache();
+        if (result) {
+          this.compactSplitThread.requestCompaction(region,
+              "Compaction through user triggered flush");
+        }
+        builder.setFlushed(result);
       }
       builder.setLastFlushTime(region.getLastFlushTime());
       return builder.build();