diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 56f8ec361e..1cc31b2558 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -472,6 +472,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-8052. Move WebHdfsFileSystem into hadoop-hdfs-client. (wheat9)
 
+    HDFS-8176. Record from/to snapshots in audit log for snapshot diff report.
+    (J. Andreina via jing9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 4477dc4623..229c4d1350 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -7406,8 +7406,12 @@ SnapshotDiffReport getSnapshotDiffReport(String path,
     } finally {
       readUnlock();
     }
-
-    logAuditEvent(diffs != null, "computeSnapshotDiff", null, null, null);
+    String fromSnapshotRoot = (fromSnapshot == null || fromSnapshot.isEmpty()) ?
+        path : Snapshot.getSnapshotPath(path, fromSnapshot);
+    String toSnapshotRoot = (toSnapshot == null || toSnapshot.isEmpty()) ?
+        path : Snapshot.getSnapshotPath(path, toSnapshot);
+    logAuditEvent(diffs != null, "computeSnapshotDiff", fromSnapshotRoot,
+        toSnapshotRoot, null);
     return diffs;
   }