diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 64fbef8905c..ae984c8853a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8314. HttpServer#hasAdminAccess should return false if 
     authorization is enabled but user is not authenticated. (tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-8296. hadoop/yarn daemonlog usage wrong (Devaraj K via tgraves)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-7454 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-7455. HA: Introduce HA Service Protocol Interface. (suresh)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java
index f48181112df..775279dfb4b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java
@@ -36,11 +36,9 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.ServletUtil;
  */
 @InterfaceStability.Evolving
 public class LogLevel {
-  public static final String USAGES = "\nUSAGES:\n"
-    + "java " + LogLevel.class.getName()
-    + " -getlevel <host:port> <name>\n"
-    + "java " + LogLevel.class.getName()
-    + " -setlevel <host:port> <name> <level>\n";
+  public static final String USAGES = "\nUsage: General options are:\n"
+      + "\t[-getlevel <host:httpPort> <name>]\n"
+      + "\t[-setlevel <host:httpPort> <name> <level>]\n";
 
   /**
    * A command line implementation