diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 28bfb80c4f..45ae65fcb8 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-4703. Add the ability to start the MiniMRClientCluster using 
     the configurations used before it is being stopped. (ahmed.radwan via tucu)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4845. ClusterStatus.getMaxMemory() and getUsedMemory() exist in
+    MR1 but not MR2. (Sandy Ryza via tomwhite)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/ClusterStatus.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/ClusterStatus.java
index 8886b26638..c527a2776a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/ClusterStatus.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/ClusterStatus.java
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ public String toString() {
     
   }
   
+  public static final int UNINITIALIZED_MEMORY_VALUE = -1;
+  
   private int numActiveTrackers;
   private Collection<String> activeTrackers = new ArrayList<String>();
   private int numBlacklistedTrackers;
@@ -384,6 +386,22 @@ public int getMaxReduceTasks() {
   public JobTrackerStatus getJobTrackerStatus() {
     return status;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns UNINITIALIZED_MEMORY_VALUE (-1)
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public long getMaxMemory() {
+    return UNINITIALIZED_MEMORY_VALUE;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns UNINITIALIZED_MEMORY_VALUE (-1)
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public long getUsedMemory() {
+    return UNINITIALIZED_MEMORY_VALUE;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Gets the list of blacklisted trackers along with reasons for blacklisting.