diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-fs-encryption.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-fs-encryption.txt
index 4d02b398a7..10e5abbd9f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-fs-encryption.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-fs-encryption.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ fs-encryption (Unreleased)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+    HDFS-6476. Print out the KeyProvider after finding KP successfully on
+    startup. (Juan Yu via wang)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
index 504e3ed201..8f916ce253 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ private void initializeKeyProvider(final Configuration conf) {
         LOG.error(err);
         throw new RuntimeException(err);
       }
+      LOG.info("Found KeyProvider: " + provider.toString());
     } catch (IOException e) {
       LOG.error("Exception while initializing KeyProvider", e);
     }