diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 0839a1486f..8bc35a5616 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     MAPREDUCE-4407. Add hadoop-yarn-server-tests-<version>-tests.jar to hadoop dist
     package. (ahmed via tucu)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4465. Update description of yarn.nodemanager.address property. 
+    (bowang via tucu)
+
 Release 2.1.0-alpha - Unreleased 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
index ba570c3e5d..8aaaf38d4d 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 
   <!-- Node Manager Configs -->
   <property>
-    <description>address of node manager IPC.</description>
+    <description>The address of the container manager in the NM.</description>
     <name>yarn.nodemanager.address</name>
     <value>0.0.0.0:0</value>
   </property>