diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/sample-conf/log4j.properties b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/sample-conf/log4j.properties
index cfd405b16e7ce..b2a63bc0a9634 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/sample-conf/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/sample-conf/log4j.properties
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ log4j.appender.test.Target=System.out
 log4j.appender.test.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.test.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
 
-log4j.logger=NONE, test
+log4j.rootLogger=WARN, test