diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 69aec036ed8..32507184956 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     negative values on busy clusters (Tsuyoshi OZAWA and Akira AJISAKA
     via jlowe)
 
+    HADOOP-10973. Native Libraries Guide contains format error. (Peter Klavins
+    via Arpit Agarwal)
+
 Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm
index 070a7d3e568..ab06a7c61d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ Native Libraries Guide
 
     [[4]] Install the compression codec development packages (>zlib-1.2,
        >gzip-1.2):
-          + If you download the library, install one or more development
+
+          * If you download the library, install one or more development
             packages - whichever compression codecs you want to use with
             your deployment.
-          + If you build the library, it is mandatory to install both
+
+          * If you build the library, it is mandatory to install both
             development packages.
 
     [[5]] Check the runtime log files.