diff --git a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java
index c3f0bab921f8..e373a6c1349e 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ public interface MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource extends MetricsReplication
   public static final String SOURCE_WAL_READER_EDITS_BUFFER = "source.walReaderEditsBufferUsage";
 
   /**
-   * Sets the total usage of memory used by edits in memory read from WALs.
+   * Sets the total usage of memory used by edits in memory read from WALs. The memory represented
+   * by this usage measure is across peers/sources. For example, we may batch the same WAL edits
+   * multiple times for the sake of replicating them to multiple peers..
    * @param usage The memory used by edits in bytes
    */
   void setWALReaderEditsBufferBytes(long usage);
+
   /**
-   * Returns the size, in bytes, of edits held in memory to be replicated.
+   * Returns the size, in bytes, of edits held in memory to be replicated across all peers.
    */
   long getWALReaderEditsBufferBytes();
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSourceWALReader.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSourceWALReader.java
index 487220292854..c71db1bf785b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSourceWALReader.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSourceWALReader.java
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ public Path getCurrentPath() {
   private boolean checkQuota() {
     // try not to go over total quota
     if (totalBufferUsed.get() > totalBufferQuota) {
-      LOG.warn("Can't read more edits from WAL as buffer usage {}B exceeds limit {}B",
-          totalBufferUsed.get(), totalBufferQuota);
+      LOG.warn("peer={}, can't read more edits from WAL as buffer usage {}B exceeds limit {}B",
+          this.source.getPeerId(), totalBufferUsed.get(), totalBufferQuota);
       Threads.sleep(sleepForRetries);
       return false;
     }