diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/ByteBufferPool.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/ByteBufferPool.java
index 48f8462ece0d..920e2ec30139 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/ByteBufferPool.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/ByteBufferPool.java
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ public ByteBufferPool(int bufferSize, int maxPoolSize, boolean directByteBuffer)
     this.maxPoolSize = maxPoolSize;
     this.directByteBuffer = directByteBuffer;
     // TODO can add initialPoolSize config also and make those many BBs ready for use.
-    LOG.info("Created with bufferSize={} and maxPoolSize={}",
-      org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils.byteDesc(bufferSize), maxPoolSize);
+    LOG.info("Created with bufferSize={}, maxPoolSize={} and totalBufferSize={}",
+      org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils.byteDesc(bufferSize), maxPoolSize,
+      org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils.byteDesc(bufferSize * maxPoolSize));
     this.count = new AtomicInteger(0);
   }