diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 5ce92be10e..6bb86a057a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 4.1.4
  * Skip ColumnFamilyStore#topPartitions initialization when client or tool mode (CASSANDRA-18697)
 Merged from 4.0:
+ * Fix NTS log message when an unrecognized strategy option is passed (CASSANDRA-18679)
  * Fix BulkLoader ignoring cipher suites options (CASSANDRA-18582)
  * Migrate Python optparse to argparse (CASSANDRA-17914)
 Merged from 3.11:
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/locator/NetworkTopologyStrategy.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/locator/NetworkTopologyStrategy.java
index 1d39bbe37f..56bb261781 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/locator/NetworkTopologyStrategy.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/locator/NetworkTopologyStrategy.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ public class NetworkTopologyStrategy extends AbstractReplicationStrategy
 
         datacenters = Collections.unmodifiableMap(newDatacenters);
         aggregateRf = ReplicationFactor.withTransient(replicas, trans);
-        logger.info("Configured datacenter replicas are {}", FBUtilities.toString(datacenters));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -324,6 +323,7 @@ public class NetworkTopologyStrategy extends AbstractReplicationStrategy
                 throw new ConfigurationException("Following datacenters have active nodes and must be present in replication options for keyspace " + SchemaConstants.AUTH_KEYSPACE_NAME + ": " + differenceSet.toString());
             }
         }
+        logger.info("Configured datacenter replicas are {}", FBUtilities.toString(datacenters));
     }
 
     @Override