diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index b0eb86f24b..b5b9f035da 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ Release 2.1.0-beta - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-9630. [RPC v9] Remove IpcSerializationType. (Junping Du via llu)
 
+    HADOOP-9646. Inconsistent exception specifications in FileUtils#chmod
+    (Colin Patrick McCabe)
+
   NEW FEATURES
 
     HADOOP-9283. Add support for running the Hadoop client on AIX. (atm)