diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
index ca40e65..7dea2c3 100644
--- hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
@@ -229,32 +229,32 @@
The minimum allocation for every container request at the RM,
- in MBs. Memory requests lower than this won't take effect,
- and the specified value will get allocated at minimum.
+ in MBs. Memory requests lower than this will throw a
+ InvalidResourceRequestException.
yarn.scheduler.minimum-allocation-mb
1024
The maximum allocation for every container request at the RM,
- in MBs. Memory requests higher than this won't take effect,
- and will get capped to this value.
+ in MBs. Memory requests higher than this will throw a
+ InvalidResourceRequestException.
yarn.scheduler.maximum-allocation-mb
8192
The minimum allocation for every container request at the RM,
- in terms of virtual CPU cores. Requests lower than this won't take effect,
- and the specified value will get allocated the minimum.
+ in terms of virtual CPU cores. Requests lower than this will throw a
+ InvalidResourceRequestException.
yarn.scheduler.minimum-allocation-vcores
1
The maximum allocation for every container request at the RM,
- in terms of virtual CPU cores. Requests higher than this won't take effect,
- and will get capped to this value.
+ in terms of virtual CPU cores. Requests higher than this will throw a
+ InvalidResourceRequestException.
yarn.scheduler.maximum-allocation-vcores
32