diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 750f419720..d89ead5d25 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
   NEW FEATURES
 
+    HADOOP-7777 Implement a base class for DNSToSwitchMapping implementations 
+    that can offer extra topology information. (stevel)
+
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
     HADOOP-7595. Upgrade dependency to Avro 1.5.3. (Alejandro Abdelnur via atm)