diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockRecoveryWorker.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockRecoveryWorker.java
index d39d050588..792b6af4ac 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockRecoveryWorker.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockRecoveryWorker.java
@@ -167,9 +167,8 @@ protected void recover() throws IOException {
           return;
         } catch (IOException e) {
           ++errorCount;
-          InterDatanodeProtocol.LOG.warn(
-              "Failed to obtain replica info for block (=" + block
-                  + ") from datanode (=" + id + ")", e);
+          InterDatanodeProtocol.LOG.warn("Failed to recover block (block="
+              + block + ", datanode=" + id + ")", e);
         }
       }
 
@@ -429,9 +428,8 @@ protected void recover() throws IOException {
                   + rBlock.getNewGenerationStamp() + " is aborted.", ripE);
           return;
         } catch (IOException e) {
-          InterDatanodeProtocol.LOG.warn(
-              "Failed to obtain replica info for block (=" + block
-                  + ") from datanode (=" + id + ")", e);
+          InterDatanodeProtocol.LOG.warn("Failed to recover block (block="
+              + block + ", datanode=" + id + ")", e);
         }
       }
       checkLocations(syncBlocks.size());