diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index dc93bebad6..3bd359566b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1851,6 +1851,9 @@ Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9121. InodeTree.java has redundant check for vName while
     throwing exception. (Arup Malakar via suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-12870. Fix typo admininistration in CommandsManual.md.
+    (John Zhuge via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - 2016-01-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CommandsManual.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CommandsManual.md
index 58fcbe9a2a..b029e0538d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CommandsManual.md
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CommandsManual.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Many subcommands honor a common set of configuration options to alter their beha
 Hadoop Common Commands
 ======================
 
-All of these commands are executed from the `hadoop` shell command. They have been broken up into [User Commands](#User_Commands) and [Admininistration Commands](#Admininistration_Commands).
+All of these commands are executed from the `hadoop` shell command. They have been broken up into [User Commands](#User_Commands) and [Administration Commands](#Administration_Commands).
 
 User Commands
 -------------