diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 3db36cbd29..44e14baa6e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
 
   NEW FEATURES
     
+    HADOOP-8561. Introduce HADOOP_PROXY_USER for secure impersonation in child
+    hadoop client processes. (Yu Gao via llu)
+
     HADOOP-8469. Make NetworkTopology class pluggable.  (Junping Du via
     szetszwo)
 
@@ -19,9 +22,6 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
-    HADOOP-8561. Introduce HADOOP_PROXY_USER for secure impersonation in child
-    hadoop client processes. (Yu Gao via llu)
-
     HADOOP-8017. Configure hadoop-main pom to get rid of M2E plugin execution
     not covered (Eric Charles via bobby)