diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 243edb3c9f..f00170e38c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-3617. Fix WindowsResourceCalculatorPlugin.getCpuFrequency()
     returning always -1. (J.Andreina via devaraj)
 
+    YARN-3824. Fix two minor nits in member variable properties
+    of YarnConfiguration. (Ray Chiang via devaraj)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 3ea1558e78..5d75a21425 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ private static void addDeprecatedKeys() {
       + "intermediate-data-encryption.enable";
 
   @Private
-  public static final Boolean DEFAULT_YARN_INTERMEDIATE_DATA_ENCRYPTION = false;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_YARN_INTERMEDIATE_DATA_ENCRYPTION = false;
 
   /** The address of the RM admin interface.*/
   public static final String RM_ADMIN_ADDRESS = 
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ private static void addDeprecatedKeys() {
 
   public static final String RM_PROXY_USER_PRIVILEGES_ENABLED = RM_PREFIX
       + "proxy-user-privileges.enabled";
-  public static boolean DEFAULT_RM_PROXY_USER_PRIVILEGES_ENABLED = false;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_RM_PROXY_USER_PRIVILEGES_ENABLED = false;
 
   /**
    * How many diagnostics/failure messages can be saved in RM for