diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 1ac32aa689..d53e7484e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-6109. Fix minor typo in distcp -p usage text (Charles Lamb 
     via aw)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6093. minor distcp doc edits (Charles Lamb via aw)
+
 Release 2.5.1 - 2014-09-05
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
index 3e8de4f567..447e515452 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ $H3 Basic Usage
 $H3 Update and Overwrite
 
   `-update` is used to copy files from source that don't exist at the target
-  or differ than the target version. `-overwrite` overwrites target-files that
+  or differ from the target version. `-overwrite` overwrites target-files that
   exist at the target.
 
-  Update and Overwrite options warrant special attention, since their handling
-  of source-paths varies from the defaults in a very subtle manner. Consider a
-  copy from `/source/first/` and `/source/second/` to `/target/`, where the
-  source paths have the following contents:
+  The Update and Overwrite options warrant special attention since their
+  handling of source-paths varies from the defaults in a very subtle manner.
+  Consider a copy from `/source/first/` and `/source/second/` to `/target/`,
+  where the source paths have the following contents:
 
     hdfs://nn1:8020/source/first/1
     hdfs://nn1:8020/source/first/2