diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
index 2920cd93f81..f51e74349ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Hadoop HDFS over HTTP - Documentation Sets ${project.version}
 
   HttpFS was inspired by Hadoop HDFS proxy.
 
-  HttpFS can be seening as a full rewrite of Hadoop HDFS proxy.
+  HttpFS can be seen as a full rewrite of Hadoop HDFS proxy.
 
   Hadoop HDFS proxy provides a subset of file system operations (read only),
   HttpFS provides support for all file system operations.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1d1dc951ea0..b3dc260c906 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3519. Checkpoint upload may interfere with a concurrent saveNamespace.
     (Ming Ma via cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-7644. minor typo in HttpFS doc (Charles Lamb via aw)
+
 Release 2.6.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES