diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 9f4a05d908..5e18b86505 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-6546. BloomMapFile can return false negatives. (Clark Jefcoat
     via tomwhite)
 
+    HADOOP-6593. TextRecordInputStream doesn't close SequenceFile.Reader.
+    (Chase Bradford via tomwhite)
+
 Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FsShell.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FsShell.java
index 91fc0b7a8f..73767f7031 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FsShell.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FsShell.java
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ public int read() throws IOException {
       }
       return ret;
     }
+
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+      r.close();
+      super.close();
+    }
   }
 
   private InputStream forMagic(Path p, FileSystem srcFs) throws IOException {