diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1bb57428553..3fee90d574f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -907,6 +907,9 @@ Release 2.9.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9300. TestDirectoryScanner.testThrottle() is still a little flakey.
     (Daniel Templeton via wang)
 
+    HDFS-8477. describe dfs.ha.zkfc.port in hdfs-default.xml.
+    (Kanaka Kumar Avvaru via wang)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 24371df81cf..fb4e6bdef9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -2589,4 +2589,12 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
+<property>
+  <name>dfs.ha.zkfc.port</name>
+  <value>8019</value>
+  <description>
+    RPC port for Zookeeper Failover Controller.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
 </configuration>