diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/BuildingIt.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/BuildingIt.md
index 53a49d457a9..52d9ddc1558 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/BuildingIt.md
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/BuildingIt.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Hadoop Auth, Java HTTP SPNEGO - Building It
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-* Java 6+
+* Java 7+
 * Maven 3+
 * Kerberos KDC (for running Kerberos test cases)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 51529a944cb..ac7ba2db02b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9658. SnappyCodec#checkNativeCodeLoaded may unexpectedly fail when
     native code is not loaded. (Zhijie Shen via ozawa)
 
+    HADOOP-11663. Remove description about Java 6 from docs.
+    (Masatake Iwasaki via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.0 - 2015-04-20
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES