diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index f5c590eaf2..4f7d713843 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-2654. Make BlockReaderLocal not extend RemoteBlockReader2. (eli)
 
+    HDFS-2675. Reduce warning verbosity when double-closing edit logs
+    (todd)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-2130. Switch default checksum to CRC32C. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java
index d2ab0078a3..7a68429bdf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ synchronized boolean isOpen() {
    */
   synchronized void close() {
     if (state == State.CLOSED) {
-      LOG.warn("Closing log when already closed", new Exception());
+      LOG.debug("Closing log when already closed");
       return;
     }
     if (state == State.IN_SEGMENT) {