diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 094abfe6aa6..a2e552a6be5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -737,6 +737,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-7898. Change TestAppendSnapshotTruncate to fail-fast.
     (Tsz Wo Nicholas Sze via jing9)
 
+    HDFS-6806. HDFS Rolling upgrade document should mention the versions
+    available. (J.Andreina via aajisaka)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-7454. Reduce memory footprint for AclEntries in NameNode.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/xdoc/HdfsRollingUpgrade.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/xdoc/HdfsRollingUpgrade.xml
index f2f3ebe9e1c..28649a8f1a0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/xdoc/HdfsRollingUpgrade.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/xdoc/HdfsRollingUpgrade.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
     These two capabilities make it feasible to upgrade HDFS without incurring HDFS downtime.
     In order to upgrade a HDFS cluster without downtime, the cluster must be setup with HA.
   </p>
-
+  <p>
+    Note that rolling upgrade is supported only from Hadoop-2.4.0 onwards.
+  </p>
   <subsection name="Upgrade without Downtime" id="UpgradeWithoutDowntime">
   <p>
     In a HA cluster, there are two or more <em>NameNodes (NNs)</em>, many <em>DataNodes (DNs)</em>,