diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 93c563c3eee..52d95690eb0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-8522. Change heavily recorded NN logs from INFO to DEBUG level. (xyao)
 
+    HDFS-8566. HDFS documentation about debug commands wrongly identifies them
+    as "hdfs dfs" commands (Surendra Singh Lilhore via Colin P. McCabe)
+
 Release 2.7.0 - 2015-04-20
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
index 4b4e50c89b2..a2622af3de5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ Useful commands to help administrators debug HDFS issues, like validating block
 
 ### `verify`
 
-Usage: `hdfs dfs verify [-meta <metadata-file>] [-block <block-file>]`
+Usage: `hdfs debug verify [-meta <metadata-file>] [-block <block-file>]`
 
 | COMMAND\_OPTION | Description |
 |:---- |:---- |
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ Verify HDFS metadata and block files. If a block file is specified, we will veri
 
 ### `recoverLease`
 
-Usage: `hdfs dfs recoverLease [-path <path>] [-retries <num-retries>]`
+Usage: `hdfs debug recoverLease [-path <path>] [-retries <num-retries>]`
 
 | COMMAND\_OPTION | Description |
 |:---- |:---- |