diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMBlockProtocolServer.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMBlockProtocolServer.java
index 4c42bff28c55..4ee10b70b3a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMBlockProtocolServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMBlockProtocolServer.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.BlockID;
@@ -226,6 +227,10 @@ public List<AllocatedBlock> allocateBlock(
       }
 
       auditMap.put("allocated", String.valueOf(blocks.size()));
+      String blockIDs = blocks.stream().limit(10)
+          .map(block -> block.getBlockID().toString())
+          .collect(Collectors.joining(", ", "[", "]"));
+      auditMap.put("sampleBlocks", blockIDs);
 
       if (blocks.size() < num) {
         AUDIT.logWriteFailure(buildAuditMessageForFailure(