diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index d57ab9c861..1290899182 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     assign only one off-switch container in a single scheduling
     iteration. (Arun C Murthy via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3692. yarn-resourcemanager out and log files can get big. (eli)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     MAPREDUCE-3567. Extraneous JobConf objects in AM heap. (Vinod Kumar
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java
index 808e92d762..a0e8613e20 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ protected void scheduleTasks(Set<TaskId> taskIDs) {
    * The only entry point to change the Job.
    */
   public void handle(JobEvent event) {
-    LOG.info("Processing " + event.getJobId() + " of type " + event.getType());
+    LOG.debug("Processing " + event.getJobId() + " of type " + event.getType());
     try {
       writeLock.lock();
       JobState oldState = getState();
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskImpl.java
index e376c9e887..fb2d32f4ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskImpl.java
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ private void addAndScheduleAttempt() {
 
   @Override
   public void handle(TaskEvent event) {
-    LOG.info("Processing " + event.getTaskID() + " of type " + event.getType());
+    LOG.debug("Processing " + event.getTaskID() + " of type " + event.getType());
     try {
       writeLock.lock();
       TaskState oldState = getState();
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/ipc/ProtoOverHadoopRpcEngine.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/ipc/ProtoOverHadoopRpcEngine.java
index 5e84c3e501..5f973a2578 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/ipc/ProtoOverHadoopRpcEngine.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/ipc/ProtoOverHadoopRpcEngine.java
@@ -315,11 +315,10 @@ public Writable call(RpcKind rpcKind, String protocol,
       ProtoSpecificRequestWritable request = (ProtoSpecificRequestWritable) writableRequest;
       ProtoSpecificRpcRequest rpcRequest = request.message;
       String methodName = rpcRequest.getMethodName();
-      System.out.println("Call: protocol=" + protocol + ", method="
-          + methodName);
-      if (verbose)
+      if (verbose) {
         log("Call: protocol=" + protocol + ", method="
             + methodName);
+      }
       MethodDescriptor methodDescriptor = service.getDescriptorForType()
           .findMethodByName(methodName);
       if (methodDescriptor == null) {
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/application/ApplicationImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/application/ApplicationImpl.java
index afdbe5b082..d1bcaf2ef9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/application/ApplicationImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/application/ApplicationImpl.java
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ public void handle(ApplicationEvent event) {
 
     try {
       ApplicationId applicationID = event.getApplicationID();
-      LOG.info("Processing " + applicationID + " of type " + event.getType());
+      LOG.debug("Processing " + applicationID + " of type " + event.getType());
 
       ApplicationState oldState = stateMachine.getCurrentState();
       ApplicationState newState = null;
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java
index 2c2d2baaa4..1cbdbaa814 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ public void handle(ContainerEvent event) {
       this.writeLock.lock();
 
       ContainerId containerID = event.getContainerID();
-      LOG.info("Processing " + containerID + " of type " + event.getType());
+      LOG.debug("Processing " + containerID + " of type " + event.getType());
 
       ContainerState oldState = stateMachine.getCurrentState();
       ContainerState newState = null;
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java
index 883b4bcf55..bee9c2d3da 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public void handle(ResourceEvent event) {
       this.writeLock.lock();
 
       Path resourcePath = event.getLocalResourceRequest().getPath();
-      LOG.info("Processing " + resourcePath + " of type " + event.getType());
+      LOG.debug("Processing " + resourcePath + " of type " + event.getType());
 
       ResourceState oldState = this.stateMachine.getCurrentState();
       ResourceState newState = null;
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java
index f6cf29ac65..c8cdf463d5 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public void handle(RMAppEvent event) {
 
     try {
       ApplicationId appID = event.getApplicationId();
-      LOG.info("Processing event for " + appID + " of type "
+      LOG.debug("Processing event for " + appID + " of type "
           + event.getType());
       final RMAppState oldState = getState();
       try {
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
index 0f695fda9f..9882c61587 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ public void handle(RMAppAttemptEvent event) {
 
     try {
       ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptID = event.getApplicationAttemptId();
-      LOG.info("Processing event for " + appAttemptID + " of type "
+      LOG.debug("Processing event for " + appAttemptID + " of type "
           + event.getType());
       final RMAppAttemptState oldState = getAppAttemptState();
       try {
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
index ffdd23c438..d845edeb61 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public Priority getReservedPriority() {
   
   @Override
   public void handle(RMContainerEvent event) {
-    LOG.info("Processing " + event.getContainerId() + " of type " + event.getType());
+    LOG.debug("Processing " + event.getContainerId() + " of type " + event.getType());
     try {
       writeLock.lock();
       RMContainerState oldState = getState();
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmnode/RMNodeImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmnode/RMNodeImpl.java
index dd3e25fe16..7f2b48f85b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmnode/RMNodeImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmnode/RMNodeImpl.java
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public HeartbeatResponse getLastHeartBeatResponse() {
   }
 
   public void handle(RMNodeEvent event) {
-    LOG.info("Processing " + event.getNodeId() + " of type " + event.getType());
+    LOG.debug("Processing " + event.getNodeId() + " of type " + event.getType());
     try {
       writeLock.lock();
       RMNodeState oldState = getState();
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/FifoScheduler.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/FifoScheduler.java
index 0f6a8a84c8..48e01a72fd 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/FifoScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/FifoScheduler.java
@@ -575,12 +575,12 @@ private synchronized void nodeUpdate(RMNode rmNode,
 
     if (Resources.greaterThanOrEqual(node.getAvailableResource(),
         minimumAllocation)) {
-      LOG.info("Node heartbeat " + rmNode.getNodeID() + 
+      LOG.debug("Node heartbeat " + rmNode.getNodeID() + 
           " available resource = " + node.getAvailableResource());
       
       assignContainers(node);
 
-      LOG.info("Node after allocation " + rmNode.getNodeID() + " resource = "
+      LOG.debug("Node after allocation " + rmNode.getNodeID() + " resource = "
           + node.getAvailableResource());
     }