diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 4cbf1a8c81f..ca89b32d6a6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1295,6 +1295,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4557. Fix improper Queues sorting in PartitionedQueueComparator
     when accessible-node-labels=*. (Naganarasimha G R via wangda)
 
+    YARN-4608. Redundant code statement in WritingYarnApplications.
+    (Kai Sasaki via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/WritingYarnApplications.md b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/WritingYarnApplications.md
index d5a7a1791dc..1aaec18a5c6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/WritingYarnApplications.md
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/WritingYarnApplications.md
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ if (debugFlag) {
 vargs.add("1>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/AppMaster.stdout");
 vargs.add("2>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/AppMaster.stderr");
 
-// Get final commmand
+// Get final command
 StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder();
 for (CharSequence str : vargs) {
   command.append(str).append(" ");
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptID = containerId.getApplicationAttemptId();
   nmClientAsync.start();
 ```
 
-* The AM has to emit heartbeats to the RM to keep it informed that the AM is alive and still running. The timeout expiry interval at the RM is defined by a config setting accessible via `YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_EXPIRY_INTERVAL_MS` with the default being defined by `YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_EXPIRY_INTERVAL_MS`. The ApplicationMaster needs to register itself with the ResourceManager to start hearbeating.
+* The AM has to emit heartbeats to the RM to keep it informed that the AM is alive and still running. The timeout expiry interval at the RM is defined by a config setting accessible via `YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_EXPIRY_INTERVAL_MS` with the default being defined by `YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_EXPIRY_INTERVAL_MS`. The ApplicationMaster needs to register itself with the ResourceManager to start heartbeating.
 
 ```java
 // Register self with ResourceManager
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ LOG.info("Received " + previousAMRunningContainers.size()
 * Based on the task requirements, the AM can ask for a set of containers to run its tasks on. We can now calculate how many containers we need, and request those many containers.
 
 ```java
-List<Container> previousAMRunningContainers =
-    response.getContainersFromPreviousAttempts();
 List<Container> previousAMRunningContainers =
     response.getContainersFromPreviousAttempts();
 LOG.info("Received " + previousAMRunningContainers.size()
@@ -486,7 +484,7 @@ vargs.add(shellArgs);
 vargs.add("1>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/stdout");
 vargs.add("2>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/stderr");
 
-// Get final commmand
+// Get final command
 StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder();
 for (CharSequence str : vargs) {
   command.append(str).append(" ");