diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 54011a9dfe..792cea3d9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
     "rpc.metrics.percentiles.intervals" to core-default.xml.
     (Akira Ajisaka via wang)
 
+    HADOOP-10317. Rename branch-2.3 release version from 2.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+    to 2.3.0-SNAPSHOT. (wang)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-10142. Avoid groups lookup for unprivileged users such as "dr.who"