diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index b89543dd5c..8e90a99af1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -618,6 +618,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11912. Extra configuration key used in TraceUtils should respect
     prefix (Masatake Iwasaki via Colin P. McCabe)
 
+    HADOOP-10387. Misspelling of threshold in log4j.properties for tests in
+    hadoop-common-project. (Brahma Reddy Battula via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 1a6baaec65..ced0687caa 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 1a6baaec65..ced0687caa 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n