diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index da33967170a..0626da3c677 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-5330. fix readdir and readdirplus for large directories (brandonli)
 
+    HDFS-5370. Typo in Error Message: different between range in condition
+    and range in error message. (Kousuke Saruta via suresh)
+
 Release 2.2.0 - 2013-10-13
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
index 74fcc6f14ea..49ecb268646 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ implements ByteBufferReadable, CanSetDropBehind, CanSetReadahead,
 
     //check offset
     if (offset < 0 || offset >= getFileLength()) {
-      throw new IOException("offset < 0 || offset > getFileLength(), offset="
+      throw new IOException("offset < 0 || offset >= getFileLength(), offset="
           + offset
           + ", updatePosition=" + updatePosition
           + ", locatedBlocks=" + locatedBlocks);