diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index cf91b30c4c..86d81ad867 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11187 NameNode - KMS communication fails after a long period of
     inactivity. (Arun Suresh via atm)
 
+    HADOOP-11289. Fix typo in RpcUtil log message. (Charles Lamb via wheat9)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-15
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcUtil.java
index e9878b7959..cbc9943eaa 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcUtil.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent e)
         info = new RpcInfo(callHeader, dataBuffer, ctx, e.getChannel(),
             e.getRemoteAddress());
       } catch (Exception exc) {
-        LOG.info("Malfromed RPC request from " + e.getRemoteAddress());
+        LOG.info("Malformed RPC request from " + e.getRemoteAddress());
       }
 
       if (info != null) {