diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index b6a0cdbf921..c4782715c90 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8243. Security support broken in CLI (manual) failover controller
     (todd)
 
-    HADOOP-6963. In FileUtil.getDU(..), neither include the size of directories
-    nor follow symbolic links.  (Ravi Prakash via szetszwo)
-
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-7454 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-7455. HA: Introduce HA Service Protocol Interface. (suresh)
@@ -284,6 +281,9 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8179. risk of NPE in CopyCommands processArguments() (Daryn Sharp
     via bobby)
 
+    HADOOP-6963. In FileUtil.getDU(..), neither include the size of directories
+    nor follow symbolic links.  (Ravi Prakash via szetszwo)
+
 Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED 
 
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