diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 590c8161e03..1921ccdaa41 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ Bug Fixes
 * SOLR-4817 Solr should not fall back to the back compat built in solr.xml in SolrCloud 
   mode (Erick Erickson)
 
+* SOLR-5112: Show full message in Admin UI Logging View (Matthew Keeney via
+  steffkes)
+
 Optimizations
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/solr/webapp/web/js/scripts/logging.js b/solr/webapp/web/js/scripts/logging.js
index 7403ff9a600..05f61b3f318 100644
--- a/solr/webapp/web/js/scripts/logging.js
+++ b/solr/webapp/web/js/scripts/logging.js
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ var load_logging_viewer = function()
             var lines = doc.message.split( "\n" );
             if( 1 < lines.length )
             {
-              doc.message = lines[0];
               doc.trace = doc.message;
+              doc.message = lines[0];
               delete lines;
             }
           }
@@ -360,14 +360,7 @@ var load_logging_viewer = function()
           if( has_trace )
           {
             content += '<tr class="trace">' + "\n";
-              
-              // (1) with colspan
               content += '<td colspan="4"><pre>' + doc.trace.esc() + '</pre></td>' + "\n";
-              
-              // (2) without colspan
-              //content += '<td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td>';
-              //content += '<td>' + doc.trace.esc().replace( /\n/g, '<br>' ) + '</td>' + "\n";
-
             content += '</tr>' + "\n";
           }