diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md
index 27fd13af4f..50b4360291 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ In the REST API, the prefix "`/webhdfs/v1`" is inserted in the path and a query
 
       http://<HOST>:<HTTP_PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=...
 
+**Note** that if WebHDFS is secured with SSL, then the scheme should be "`swebhdfs://`".
+
+      swebhdfs://<HOST>:<HTTP_PORT>/<PATH>
+
+
 ### HDFS Configuration Options
 
 Below are the HDFS configuration options for WebHDFS.
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
index fc263212b7..dbf0e8da66 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ $H3 Copying Between Versions of HDFS
   HftpFileSystem, as webhdfs is available for both read and write operations,
   DistCp can be run on both source and destination cluster.
   Remote cluster is specified as `webhdfs://<namenode_hostname>:<http_port>`.
+  (Use the "`swebhdfs://`" scheme when webhdfs is secured with SSL).
   When copying between same major versions of Hadoop cluster (e.g. between 2.X
   and 2.X), use hdfs protocol for better performance.