diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 573b2de8f5..95e58afa4a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1100,6 +1100,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10318. Incorrect reference to nodeFile in RumenToSLSConverter
     error message. (Wei Yan via ozawa)
 
+    HADOOP-12388. Fix components' version information in the web page
+    'About the Cluster'. (Jun Gong via zxu)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/VersionInfo.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/VersionInfo.java
index 1d96d996fa..324c57f9a6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/VersionInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/VersionInfo.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ protected String _getSrcChecksum() {
   }
 
   protected String _getBuildVersion(){
-    return getVersion() +
+    return _getVersion() +
       " from " + _getRevision() +
       " by " + _getUser() +
       " source checksum " + _getSrcChecksum();