diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
index 9a8841e701..9751a9b669 100755
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
@@ -1690,7 +1690,11 @@ public boolean getBoolean(String name, boolean defaultValue) {
       return true;
     else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase("false", valueString))
       return false;
-    else return defaultValue;
+    else {
+      LOG.warn("Invalid value for boolean: " + valueString +
+               ", choose default value: " + defaultValue + " for " + name);
+      return defaultValue;
+    }
   }
 
   /**