diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java
index 2086034313..6563b03210 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ protected String getUserNameForPlacement(final String user,
               .checkAccess(callerUGI, QueueACL.SUBMIT_APPLICATIONS, queue)) {
         usernameUsedForPlacement = userNameFromAppTag;
       } else {
-        LOG.warn("User '{}' from application tag does not have access to " +
+        LOG.warn("Proxy user '{}' from application tag does not have access to " +
                 " queue '{}'. " + "The placement is done for user '{}'",
                 userNameFromAppTag, queue, user);
       }