diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1147ef0f21..51dd15a6ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     (Haohui Mai via brandonli)
 
     HDFS-5904. TestFileStatus fails intermittently. (Mit Desai via kihwal)
+
+    HDFS-5941. add dfs.namenode.secondary.https-address and
+    dfs.namenode.secondary.https-address in hdfs-default.xml.
+    (Haohui Mai via cnauroth)
  
 Release 2.3.1 - UNRELEASED
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 45f2b3f288..9c3b94fcf8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
+<property>
+  <name>dfs.namenode.secondary.https-address</name>
+  <value>0.0.0.0:50091</value>
+  <description>
+    The secondary namenode HTTPS server address and port.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
 <property>
   <name>dfs.datanode.address</name>
   <value>0.0.0.0:50010</value>
@@ -1310,7 +1318,16 @@
   <name>dfs.journalnode.http-address</name>
   <value>0.0.0.0:8480</value>
   <description>
-    The address and port the JournalNode web UI listens on.
+    The address and port the JournalNode HTTP server listens on.
+    If the port is 0 then the server will start on a free port.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
+<property>
+  <name>dfs.journalnode.https-address</name>
+  <value>0.0.0.0:8481</value>
+  <description>
+    The address and port the JournalNode HTTPS server listens on.
     If the port is 0 then the server will start on a free port.
   </description>
 </property>