diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 1d9bc1e445..94cdeec80f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
 
     HADOOP-11583. Fix syntax error in SecureMode.md (Masatake Iwasaki via aw)
 
+    HADOOP-11437. Remove the version and author information from distcp's
+    README file (Brahma Reddy Battula via aw)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-7761. Improve the performance of raw comparisons. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/README b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/README
index 14008df8af..d5ee03c6d0 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/README
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/README
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ It uses Map/Reduce to effect its distribution, error handling and recovery,
 and reporting. It expands a list of files and directories into input to map tasks, 
 each of which will copy a partition of the files specified in the source list.
 
-Version 0.1 (2010/08/02 sriksun)
- - Initial Version
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
index 447e515452..74242673a5 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #set ( $H3 = '###' )
 
-DistCp Version2 Guide
+DistCp Guide
 =====================
 
 ---
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ DistCp Version2 Guide
 Overview
 --------
 
-  DistCp Version 2 (distributed copy) is a tool used for large
+  DistCp (distributed copy) is a tool used for large
   inter/intra-cluster copying. It uses MapReduce to effect its distribution,
   error handling and recovery, and reporting. It expands a list of files and
   directories into input to map tasks, each of which will copy a partition of