diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index ffda82aad4..5b5eb1f5ea 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HADOOP-9768. chown and chgrp reject users and groups with spaces on platforms
+    where spaces are otherwise acceptable. (cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.1.0-beta - 2013-08-06
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
@@ -663,9 +666,6 @@ Release 2.1.0-beta - 2013-08-06
     HADOOP-9507. LocalFileSystem rename() is broken in some cases when
     destination exists. (cnauroth)
 
-    HADOOP-9768. chown and chgrp reject users and groups with spaces on platforms
-    where spaces are otherwise acceptable. (cnauroth)
-
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-8562 SUBTASKS AND RELATED JIRAS
 
     HADOOP-8924. Hadoop Common creating package-info.java must not depend on