diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java
index ac48a08da7..d61ac9b502 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java
@@ -355,9 +355,8 @@ public static InetSocketAddress getConnectAddress(Server server) {
   }
   
   /**
-   * Returns the InetSocketAddress that a client can use to connect to the
-   * given listening address.  This returns "hostname:port" of the server,
-   * or "127.0.0.1:port" when given a wildcard address of "0.0.0.0:port".
+   * Returns an InetSocketAddress that a client can use to connect to the
+   * given listening address.
    * 
    * @param addr of a listener
    * @return socket address that a client can use to connect to the server.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index c063268154..c983dca445 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     HDFS-3949. NameNodeRpcServer#join should join on both client and
     server RPC servers. (eli)
 
+    HDFS-3932. NameNode Web UI broken if the rpc-address is set to the wildcard.
+    (Colin Patrick McCabe via eli)
+
 Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java
index a30afcec16..fe73c42e7b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ private Map<String, String> getAuthFilterParams(Configuration conf)
         .getPort());
     }
     httpServer.setAttribute(NAMENODE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, nn);
-    httpServer.setAttribute(NAMENODE_ADDRESS_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, nn.getNameNodeAddress());
+    httpServer.setAttribute(NAMENODE_ADDRESS_ATTRIBUTE_KEY,
+        NetUtils.getConnectAddress(nn.getNameNodeAddress()));
     httpServer.setAttribute(FSIMAGE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, nn.getFSImage());
     httpServer.setAttribute(JspHelper.CURRENT_CONF, conf);
     setupServlets(httpServer, conf);