diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index ddbf3809dfd..b7936d37e5c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-4751. TestLeaseRenewer#testThreadName flakes. (Andrew Wang via atm)
 
+    HDFS-4533. start-dfs.sh ignores additional parameters besides -upgrade.
+    (Fengdong Yu via suresh)
+
 Release 2.0.4-alpha - 2013-04-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-dfs.sh b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-dfs.sh
index 41eddff4b05..fb4edd069fe 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-dfs.sh
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-dfs.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # Optinally upgrade or rollback dfs state.
 # Run this on master node.
 
-usage="Usage: start-dfs.sh [-upgrade|-rollback]"
+usage="Usage: start-dfs.sh [-upgrade|-rollback] [other options such as -clusterId]"
 
 bin=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE-$0}"`
 bin=`cd "$bin"; pwd`
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
 	esac
 fi
 
+#Add other possible options
+nameStartOpt="$nameStartOpts $@"
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------
 # namenodes