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 bf2d3cb02ef..a5176ed37b2 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
@@ -5864,9 +5864,9 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
     }
 
     private void handleFileNotFound(Throwable fnfe) {
-      // Try reopenning the region since we have lost some storefiles.
+      // Try reopening the region since we have lost some storefiles.
       // See HBASE-17712 for more details.
-      LOG.warn("A store file got lost", fnfe);
+      LOG.warn("A store file got lost, so close and reopen region", fnfe);
       if (regionUnassigner != null) {
         regionUnassigner.unassign();
       }