diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 67f132f3d3..7323e3f82e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
     HADOOP-8719. Workaround for kerberos-related log errors upon running any
     hadoop command on OSX. (Jianbin Wei via harsh)
 
-    HADOOP-8814. Replace string equals "" by String#isEmpty().
-    (Brandon Li via suresh)
-
     HADOOP-8588. SerializationFactory shouldn't throw a
     NullPointerException if the serializations list is empty.
     (Sho Shimauchi via harsh)
@@ -340,6 +337,9 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-9789. Support server advertised kerberos principals (daryn)
 
+    HADOOP-8814. Replace string equals "" by String#isEmpty().
+    (Brandon Li via suresh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES