diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 2af6580e67..ec7d1c6ba1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1098,6 +1098,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12440. TestRPC#testRPCServerShutdown did not produce the desired
     thread states before shutting down. (Xiao Chen via mingma)
 
+    HADOOP-12447. Clean up some htrace integration issues (cmccabe)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-12051. ProtobufRpcEngine.invoke() should use Exception.toString()