diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index bd1331dae74..e051a798cce 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -289,21 +289,6 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-9241. DU refresh interval is not configurable (harsh)
 
-  OPTIMIZATIONS
-
-  BUG FIXES
-
-    HADOOP-9582. Non-existent file to "hadoop fs -conf" doesn't throw error
-    (Ashwin Shankar via jlowe)
-
-Release 2.2.0 - UNRELEASED
-
-  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
-
-  NEW FEATURES
-
-  IMPROVEMENTS
-
     HADOOP-9417.  Support for symlink resolution in LocalFileSystem /
     RawLocalFileSystem.  (Andrew Wang via Colin Patrick McCabe)
 
@@ -317,6 +302,9 @@ Release 2.2.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HADOOP-9582. Non-existent file to "hadoop fs -conf" doesn't throw error
+    (Ashwin Shankar via jlowe)
+
 Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a8ea289e33c..c06eddcfdbc 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -243,13 +243,14 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
 
     HDFS-4948. mvn site for hadoop-hdfs-nfs fails. (brandonli)
 
-Release 2.2.0 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
   NEW FEATURES
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
+
     HDFS-4657.  Limit the number of blocks logged by the NN after a block
     report to a configurable value.  (Aaron T. Myers via Colin Patrick
     McCabe)
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index f72d5e7c76a..1ea2e654ef4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -164,18 +164,6 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5380. Invalid mapred command should return non-zero exit code
     (Stephen Chu via jlowe)
 
-Release 2.2.0 - UNRELEASED
-
-  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
-
-  NEW FEATURES
-
-  IMPROVEMENTS
-
-  OPTIMIZATIONS
-
-  BUG FIXES
-
 Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 27d708907a9..7b84024770a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
-Release 2.2.0 - UNRELEASED
-
-  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
-
-  NEW FEATURES
-
-  IMPROVEMENTS
-
-  OPTIMIZATIONS
-
-  BUG FIXES
-
 Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES