diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 062b2e2914..25da013fd6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8142. DistributedFileSystem encryption zone commands should resolve
     relative paths. (Rakesh R via wang)
 
+    HDFS-7863. Missing description of some methods and parameters in javadoc of
+    FSDirDeleteOp. (Brahma Reddy Battula via ozawa)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirDeleteOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirDeleteOp.java
index 2fc4711ea1..02eb1de9ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirDeleteOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirDeleteOp.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class FSDirDeleteOp {
   /**
    * Delete the target directory and collect the blocks under it
    *
+   * @param fsd the FSDirectory instance
    * @param iip the INodesInPath instance containing all the INodes for the path
    * @param collectedBlocks Blocks under the deleted directory
    * @param removedINodes INodes that should be removed from inodeMap
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ static long delete(
    * <p>
    * For small directory or file the deletion is done in one shot.
    *
+   * @param fsn namespace
+   * @param src path name to be deleted
+   * @param recursive boolean true to apply to all sub-directories recursively
+   * @param logRetryCache whether to record RPC ids in editlog for retry cache
+   *          rebuilding
+   * @return blocks collected from the deleted path
+   * @throws IOException
    */
   static BlocksMapUpdateInfo delete(
       FSNamesystem fsn, String src, boolean recursive, boolean logRetryCache)
@@ -99,6 +107,8 @@ static BlocksMapUpdateInfo delete(
    * Note: This is to be used by
    * {@link org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLog} only.
    * <br>
+   *
+   * @param fsd the FSDirectory instance
    * @param src a string representation of a path to an inode
    * @param mtime the time the inode is removed
    */
@@ -134,6 +144,13 @@ static void deleteForEditLog(FSDirectory fsd, String src, long mtime)
    * the {@link org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem} lock.
    * <p>
    * For small directory or file the deletion is done in one shot.
+   * @param fsn namespace
+   * @param src path name to be deleted
+   * @param iip the INodesInPath instance containing all the INodes for the path
+   * @param logRetryCache whether to record RPC ids in editlog for retry cache
+   *          rebuilding
+   * @return blocks collected from the deleted path
+   * @throws IOException
    */
   static BlocksMapUpdateInfo deleteInternal(
       FSNamesystem fsn, String src, INodesInPath iip, boolean logRetryCache)
@@ -192,6 +209,7 @@ private static boolean deleteAllowed(final INodesInPath iip,
   /**
    * Delete a path from the name space
    * Update the count at each ancestor directory with quota
+   * @param fsd the FSDirectory instance
    * @param iip the inodes resolved from the path
    * @param collectedBlocks blocks collected from the deleted path
    * @param removedINodes inodes that should be removed from inodeMap