diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index 670d6a78e36e42941d70fb4bb58533fc93551622..2d72b959af134d99de96f72c783a8205f13555e3 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ class HiveContext private[hive](
           .map(_.toURI.toURL)
 
       logInfo(
-        s"Initializing HiveMetastoreConnection version $hiveMetastoreVersion using $jars")
+        s"Initializing HiveMetastoreConnection version $hiveMetastoreVersion " +
+          s"using ${jars.mkString(":")}")
       new IsolatedClientLoader(
         version = metaVersion,
         execJars = jars.toSeq,