diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 2acd6fa515..195a946d8d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -519,6 +519,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8314. Move HdfsServerConstants#IO_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE and
     SMALL_BUFFER_SIZE to the users. (Li Lu via wheat9)
 
+    HDFS-8207. Improper log message when blockreport interval compared with
+    initial delay. (Brahma Reddy Battula and Ashish Singhi via ozawa)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java
index 3406f29f4c..4b7fbc3c1f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java
@@ -155,8 +155,9 @@ public DNConf(Configuration conf) {
         DFS_BLOCKREPORT_INITIAL_DELAY_DEFAULT) * 1000L;
     if (initBRDelay >= blockReportInterval) {
       initBRDelay = 0;
-      DataNode.LOG.info("dfs.blockreport.initialDelay is greater than " +
-          "dfs.blockreport.intervalMsec." + " Setting initial delay to 0 msec:");
+      DataNode.LOG.info("dfs.blockreport.initialDelay is "
+          + "greater than or equal to" + "dfs.blockreport.intervalMsec."
+          + " Setting initial delay to 0 msec:");
     }
     initialBlockReportDelay = initBRDelay;