diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 12470fdf07a..9960ea0f2ba 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10839. Add unregisterSource() to MetricsSystem API.
     (Shanyu Zhao via cnauroth)
 
+    HADOOP-10607. Create an API to separate credentials/password storage
+    from applications (Larry McCay via omalley)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES