diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/YarnUI2.md b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/YarnUI2.md
index e7853bf996f..609ebe11d7a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/YarnUI2.md
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/YarnUI2.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 Hadoop: YARN-UI V2
 =================
 
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+Please make sure Hadoop is built by passing -Pyarn-ui to Maven (reference to BUILDING.txt for more details)
+
 Configurations
 -------------
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml
index b42771393ef..5211fd72240 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <packaging>${packaging.type}</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <packaging.type>war</packaging.type>
+    <packaging.type>pom</packaging.type>
     <webappTgtDir>${basedir}/target/src/main/webapp</webappTgtDir>
     <node.executable>node</node.executable>
     <nodeVersion>v0.12.2</nodeVersion>