diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt
index 0406f192a2..293ebf9604 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt
@@ -147,3 +147,5 @@ HDFS-2853. HA: NN fails to start if the shared edits dir is marked required (atm
 HDFS-2845. SBN should not allow browsing of the file system via web UI. (Bikas Saha via atm)
 
 HDFS-2742. HA: observed dataloss in replication stress test. (todd via eli)
+
+HDFS-2870. Fix log level for block debug info in processMisReplicatedBlocks (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index ca86131882..7143118a79 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -2033,7 +2033,9 @@ public void processMisReplicatedBlocks() {
     neededReplications.clear();
     for (BlockInfo block : blocksMap.getBlocks()) {
       MisReplicationResult res = processMisReplicatedBlock(block);
-      LOG.info("block " + block + ": " + res);
+      if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+        LOG.trace("block " + block + ": " + res);
+      }
       switch (res) {
       case UNDER_REPLICATED:
         nrUnderReplicated++;