diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index acc89b1fb25..9305e01d558 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -529,6 +529,12 @@ Release 2.0.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-3733. Audit logs should include WebHDFS access. (Andy Isaacson via eli)
 
+    HDFS-2686. Remove DistributedUpgrade related code. (suresh)
+
+    HDFS-3833. TestDFSShell fails on windows due to concurrent file 
+    read/write. (Brandon Li via suresh)
+
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2185. HDFS portion of ZK-based FailoverController (todd)
@@ -545,8 +551,6 @@ Release 2.0.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
     
     HDFS-3432. TestDFSZKFailoverController tries to fail over too early (todd)
 
-    HDFS-2686. Remove DistributedUpgrade related code. (suresh)
-
 Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java
index 4387fb75a8c..1ebef6db51b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java
@@ -1284,6 +1284,11 @@ public Object run() throws Exception {
   public void testGet() throws IOException {
     DFSTestUtil.setLogLevel2All(FSInputChecker.LOG);
     final Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    // Race can happen here: block scanner is reading the file when test tries
+    // to corrupt the test file, which will fail the test on Windows platform.
+    // Disable block scanner to avoid this race.
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_SCAN_PERIOD_HOURS_KEY, -1);
+    
     MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(2).build();
     DistributedFileSystem dfs = (DistributedFileSystem)cluster.getFileSystem();