diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
index f26e506cd1766..58c962c00c9d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ protected void warnOrKillContainer(RMContainer container) {
         // containers on the RMNode (see SchedulerNode.releaseContainer()).
         completedContainer(container, status, RMContainerEventType.KILL);
         LOG.info("Killing container" + container +
-            " (after waiting for premption for " +
+            " (after waiting for preemption for " +
             (getClock().getTime() - time) + "ms)");
       }
     } else {