diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index e09203afb7..ec76f22263 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-4969. TestKeyValueTextInputFormat test fails with Open JDK 7.
     (Arpit Agarwal via suresh)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4953. HadoopPipes misuses fprintf. (Andy Isaacson via atm)
+
 Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-pipes/src/main/native/pipes/impl/HadoopPipes.cc b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-pipes/src/main/native/pipes/impl/HadoopPipes.cc
index 1d2fc953a4..64c845456b 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-pipes/src/main/native/pipes/impl/HadoopPipes.cc
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-pipes/src/main/native/pipes/impl/HadoopPipes.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace HadoopPipes {
     static const char lineSeparator = '\n';
 
     void writeBuffer(const string& buffer) {
-      fprintf(stream, quoteString(buffer, "\t\n").c_str());
+      fputs(quoteString(buffer, "\t\n").c_str(), stream);
     }
 
   public: