diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 556d5163e0..2945b77817 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1083. Changed ResourceManager to fail when the expiry interval is less
     than the configured node-heartbeat interval. (Zhijie Shen via vinodkv)
 
+    YARN-1081. Made a trivial change to YARN node CLI header to avoid potential
+    confusion. (Akira AJISAKA via vinodkv)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/NodeCLI.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/NodeCLI.java
index afe3287b5f..c62b4d4059 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/NodeCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/NodeCLI.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 @Private
 @Unstable
 public class NodeCLI extends YarnCLI {
-  private static final String NODES_PATTERN = "%16s\t%15s\t%17s\t%18s" +
+  private static final String NODES_PATTERN = "%16s\t%15s\t%17s\t%28s" +
     System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
   private static final String NODE_STATE_CMD = "states";
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private void listClusterNodes(Set<NodeState> nodeStates)
                                        nodeStates.toArray(new NodeState[0]));
     writer.println("Total Nodes:" + nodesReport.size());
     writer.printf(NODES_PATTERN, "Node-Id", "Node-State", "Node-Http-Address",
-        "Running-Containers");
+        "Number-of-Running-Containers");
     for (NodeReport nodeReport : nodesReport) {
       writer.printf(NODES_PATTERN, nodeReport.getNodeId(), nodeReport
           .getNodeState(), nodeReport.getHttpAddress(), nodeReport
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java
index 6d53108f95..c6b49465e1 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:1");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t            NEW\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t            NEW\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     String nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -564,11 +564,11 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:2");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host1:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host1:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -593,9 +593,9 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:1");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t      UNHEALTHY\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t      UNHEALTHY\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -614,9 +614,9 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:1");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t DECOMMISSIONED\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t DECOMMISSIONED\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -635,9 +635,9 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:1");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t       REBOOTED\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t       REBOOTED\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:1");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t           LOST\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t           LOST\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -681,17 +681,17 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:5");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t            NEW\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host1:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t       REBOOTED\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t           LOST\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t            NEW\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host1:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t       REBOOTED\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t           LOST\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -712,21 +712,21 @@ public void testListClusterNodes() throws Exception {
     pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
     pw.println("Total Nodes:7");
     pw.print("         Node-Id\t     Node-State\tNode-Http-Address\t");
-    pw.println("Running-Containers");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t            NEW\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host1:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t      UNHEALTHY\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t DECOMMISSIONED\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t       REBOOTED\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
-    pw.print("         host0:0\t           LOST\t       host1:8888");
-    pw.println("\t                 0");
+    pw.println("Number-of-Running-Containers");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t            NEW\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host1:0\t        RUNNING\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t      UNHEALTHY\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t DECOMMISSIONED\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t       REBOOTED\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
+    pw.print("         host0:0\t           LOST\t       host1:8888\t");
+    pw.println("                           0");
     pw.close();
     nodesReportStr = baos.toString("UTF-8");
     Assert.assertEquals(nodesReportStr, sysOutStream.toString());