diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index bfd854e9c6b..0aa03845c54 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1171. Add default queue properties to Fair Scheduler documentation
     (Naren Koneru via Sandy Ryza)
 
+    YARN-1470. Add audience annotations to MiniYARNCluster. (Anubhav Dhoot
+    via kasha)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/MiniYARNCluster.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/MiniYARNCluster.java
index 7fcd882ea5c..ff2e995ae5f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/MiniYARNCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/MiniYARNCluster.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
  * the <code>hostname:port</code> of the namenodes. In such case, the AM must
  * do resource request using <code>hostname:port</code> as the location.
  */
+@InterfaceAudience.Public
+@InterfaceStability.Evolving
 public class MiniYARNCluster extends CompositeService {
 
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(MiniYARNCluster.class);