diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index c23ab89eb7d..ad0667d99e1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10251. Both NameNodes could be in STANDBY State if SNN network is unstable
     (Vinayakumar B via umamahesh)
 
+    HADOOP-10531. hadoop-config.sh - bug in --hosts argument.
+    (Sebastien Barrier via wang)
+
 Release 2.4.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh
index e5c40fcd6cf..8cfa183e7d8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ then
     if [ "--hosts" = "$1" ]
     then
         shift
-        export HADOOP_SLAVES="${HADOOP_CONF_DIR}/$$1"
+        export HADOOP_SLAVES="${HADOOP_CONF_DIR}/$1"
         shift
     elif [ "--hostnames" = "$1" ]
     then