diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index c96dc1aac61..90d2f9e0d4e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9283. Add support for running the Hadoop client on AIX. (atm)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
+
     HADOOP-9253. Capture ulimit info in the logs at service start time.
     (Arpit Gupta via suresh)
 
@@ -357,6 +358,8 @@ Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HADOOP-9294. GetGroupsTestBase fails on Windows. (Chris Nauroth via suresh)
+
 Release 2.0.3-alpha - 2013-02-06 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/GetGroupsTestBase.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/GetGroupsTestBase.java
index f223f1b18e9..a31700778dc 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/GetGroupsTestBase.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/GetGroupsTestBase.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public abstract class GetGroupsTestBase {
     for (String group : user.getGroupNames()) {
       expectedOutput += " " + group;
     }
-    return expectedOutput + "\n";
+    return expectedOutput + System.getProperty("line.separator");
   }
   
   private String runTool(Configuration conf, String[] args, boolean success)