diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 8142ab5948b..4a8a7797a93 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES 
 
+    HADOOP-10378. Typo in help printed by hdfs dfs -help.
+    (Mit Desai via suresh)
+
 Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Count.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Count.java
index c3b2e7441bc..b8ccc0c9ec9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Count.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Count.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public static void registerCommands(CommandFactory factory) {
       "Count the number of directories, files and bytes under the paths\n" +
       "that match the specified file pattern.  The output columns are:\n" +
       "DIR_COUNT FILE_COUNT CONTENT_SIZE FILE_NAME or\n" +
-      "QUOTA REMAINING_QUATA SPACE_QUOTA REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA \n" +
+      "QUOTA REMAINING_QUOTA SPACE_QUOTA REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA \n" +
       "      DIR_COUNT FILE_COUNT CONTENT_SIZE FILE_NAME";
   
   private boolean showQuotas;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml
index 2f310bdb9b2..d162ac0c2d5 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
         </comparator>
         <comparator>
           <type>RegexpComparator</type>
-          <expected-output>^( |\t)*QUOTA REMAINING_QUATA SPACE_QUOTA REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA( )*</expected-output>
+          <expected-output>^( |\t)*QUOTA REMAINING_QUOTA SPACE_QUOTA REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA( )*</expected-output>
         </comparator>
         <comparator>
           <type>RegexpComparator</type>