diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 0639531998..57d2d510fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1343,6 +1343,9 @@ Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-1664. Changes the behaviour of the combination of job-acls
     when they function together with queue-acls. (Ravi Gummadi via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-2994. Fixed a bug in ApplicationID parsing that affects RM
+    UI. (Devaraj K via vinodkv)
+
   NEW FEATURES
 
     MAPREDUCE-1804. Stress-test tool for HDFS introduced in HDFS-708.
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/Apps.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/Apps.java
index 90e181576c..b5fca9f00b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/Apps.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/Apps.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * Yarn application related utilities
  */
 public class Apps {
-  public static final String APP = "app";
+  public static final String APP = "application";
   public static final String ID = "ID";
 
   public static ApplicationId toAppID(String aid) {