diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala
index 0a4d98cab64a..a598be076059 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ class LinearRegression @Since("1.3.0") (@Since("1.3.0") override val uid: String
         throw new SparkException(msg)
       }
 
+      if (!state.actuallyConverged) {
+        logWarning("LinearRegression training fininshed but the result " +
+          s"is not converged because: ${state.convergedReason.get.reason}")
+      }
+
       /*
          The coefficients are trained in the scaled space; we're converting them back to
          the original space.