diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallQueueManager.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallQueueManager.java
index d1bd1807b0..29649a6b6f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallQueueManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallQueueManager.java
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ public CallQueueManager(Class<? extends BlockingQueue<E>> backingClass,
     this.clientBackOffEnabled = clientBackOffEnabled;
     this.putRef = new AtomicReference<BlockingQueue<E>>(bq);
     this.takeRef = new AtomicReference<BlockingQueue<E>>(bq);
-    LOG.info("Using callQueue: " + backingClass + " queueCapacity: " +
-        maxQueueSize + " scheduler: " + schedulerClass);
+    LOG.info("Using callQueue: {}, queueCapacity: {}, " +
+        "scheduler: {}, ipcBackoff: {}.",
+        backingClass, maxQueueSize, schedulerClass, clientBackOffEnabled);
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting // only!