diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 4821fc17d3d..ffc81a134c4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8270. create() always retried with hardcoded timeout when file already
     exists with open lease (J.Andreina via vinayakumarb)
 
+    HDFS-8523. Remove usage information on unsupported operation
+    "fsck -showprogress" from branch-2 (J.Andreina via vinayakumarb)
+
 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 6a83f41be12..02369abaed0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Usage:
               [-list-corruptfileblocks |
               [-move | -delete | -openforwrite]
               [-files [-blocks [-locations | -racks | -replicaDetails]]]
-              [-includeSnapshots] [-showprogress]
+              [-includeSnapshots]
               [-storagepolicies] [-blockId <blk_Id>]
 
 | COMMAND\_OPTION | Description |
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ Usage:
 | `-list-corruptfileblocks` | Print out list of missing blocks and files they belong to. |
 | `-move` | Move corrupted files to /lost+found. |
 | `-openforwrite` | Print out files opened for write. |
-| `-showprogress` | Print out dots for progress in output. Default is OFF (no progress). |
 | `-storagepolicies` | Print out storage policy summary for the blocks. |
 | `-blockId` | Print out information about the block. |