diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 641aeb1912..7a50c49dd6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     HADOOP-7693. Enhance AvroRpcEngine to support the new #addProtocol
     interface introduced in HADOOP-7524.  (cutting)
-    
-    HADOOP-7469  Add a standard handler for socket connection problems which
-                 improves diagnostics (Uma Maheswara Rao G  and stevel via stevel)
 
   BUGS
 
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     
     HADOOP-6220. HttpServer wraps InterruptedExceptions by IOExceptions if interrupted 
                  in startup (stevel)
-                 
+
 
 Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
@@ -419,6 +416,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     HADOOP-7575. Enhanced LocalDirAllocator to support fully-qualified
     paths. (Jonathan Eagles via vinodkv)
 
+    HADOOP-7469  Add a standard handler for socket connection problems which
+                 improves diagnostics (Uma Maheswara Rao G  and stevel via stevel)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
   
     HADOOP-7333. Performance improvement in PureJavaCrc32. (Eric Caspole