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 c01a5f8e1fd..02a5084ddf6 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
@@ -3582,7 +3582,10 @@ public class  HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
         }
       }
 
-      String log = "User-triggered " + (major ? "major " : "") + "compaction";
+      String familyLogMsg = (family != null)?" for column family: " + Bytes.toString(family):"";
+      LOG.trace("User-triggered compaction requested for region " +
+        region.getRegionNameAsString() + familyLogMsg);
+      String log = "User-triggered " + (major ? "major " : "") + "compaction" + familyLogMsg;
       if(family != null) {
         compactSplitThread.requestCompaction(region, store, log,
           Store.PRIORITY_USER);