diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 811f79f204..4e61a5bfd7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8328. Duplicate FileSystem Statistics object for 'file' scheme.
     (tomwhite)
 
+    HADOOP-8359. Fix javadoc warnings in Configuration.  (Anupam Seth via
+    szetszwo)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-7454 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-7455. HA: Introduce HA Service Protocol Interface. (suresh)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
index 044e5cb08a..d1ef7a49fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ private final String getWarningMessage(String key) {
    * @param key
    * @param newKeys
    * @param customMessage
-   * @deprecated use {@link addDeprecation(String key, String newKey,
+   * @deprecated use {@link #addDeprecation(String key, String newKey,
       String customMessage)} instead
    */
   @Deprecated
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ public synchronized static void addDeprecation(String key, String newKey,
    * 
    * @param key Key that is to be deprecated
    * @param newKeys list of keys that take up the values of deprecated key
-   * @deprecated use {@link addDeprecation(String key, String newKey)} instead
+   * @deprecated use {@link #addDeprecation(String key, String newKey)} instead
    */
   @Deprecated
   public synchronized static void addDeprecation(String key, String[] newKeys) {