HADOOP-13883. Addendum patch to correct the message and alphabetized with the earlier patch. Contributed by Yiqun Lin.

hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericOptionsParser.java

@@ -212,10 +212,11 @@ public class GenericOptionsParser {
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("static-access")
   private static synchronized Options buildGeneralOptions(Options opts) {
-    Option fs = OptionBuilder.withArgName("local|namenode:port")
-    .hasArg()
-    .withDescription("specify a namenode")
-    .create("fs");
+    Option fs = OptionBuilder.withArgName("file:///|hdfs://namenode:port")
+        .hasArg()
+        .withDescription("specify default filesystem URL to use, "
+        + "overrides 'fs.defaultFS' property from configurations.")
+        .create("fs");
     Option jt = OptionBuilder.withArgName("local|resourcemanager:port")
     .hasArg()
     .withDescription("specify a ResourceManager")
@@ -569,8 +570,9 @@ public class GenericOptionsParser {
         + "specify an application configuration file");
     out.println("-D <property=value>               "
         + "define a value for a given property");
-    out.println("-fs <local|namenode:port>         "
-        + "specify a namenode");
+    out.println("-fs <file:///|hdfs://namenode:port> "
+        + "specify default filesystem URL to use, overrides "
+        + "'fs.defaultFS' property from configurations.");
     out.println("-jt <local|resourcemanager:port>  "
         + "specify a ResourceManager");
     out.println("-files <file1,...>                "

hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CommandsManual.md

@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Many subcommands honor a common set of configuration options to alter their beha
 
 | GENERIC\_OPTION | Description |
 |:---- |:---- |
-| `-fs <local> or <namenode:port>` | Specify a NameNode. |
 | `-archives <comma separated list of archives> ` | Specify comma separated archives to be unarchived on the compute machines. Applies only to job. |
 | `-conf <configuration file> ` | Specify an application configuration file. |
 | `-D <property>=<value> ` | Use value for given property. |
 | `-files <comma separated list of files> ` | Specify comma separated files to be copied to the map reduce cluster. Applies only to job. |
+| `-fs <file:///> or <hdfs://namenode:port>` | Specify default filesystem URL to use. Overrides 'fs.defaultFS' property from configurations. |
 | `-jt <local> or <resourcemanager:port>` | Specify a ResourceManager. Applies only to job. |
 | `-libjars <comma seperated list of jars> ` | Specify comma separated jar files to include in the classpath. Applies only to job. |
 

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/pipes/TestPipeApplication.java

@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ public class TestPipeApplication {
           "-D <property=value>               define a value for a given "
               + "property"));
       assertTrue(out.toString()
-          .contains("-fs <local|namenode:port>         specify a namenode"));
+          .contains("-fs <file:///|hdfs://namenode:port> "
+              + "specify default filesystem URL to use, overrides "
+              + "'fs.defaultFS' property from configurations."));
       assertTrue(out.toString().contains(
           "-jt <local|resourcemanager:port>  specify a ResourceManager"));
       assertTrue(out.toString().contains(