diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 1ebf3f74c40..35917e22ee4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
     HADOOP-9910. proxy server start and stop documentation wrong
-    (André Kelpevia harsh)
+    (Andre Kelpe via harsh)
 
     HADOOP-9446. Support Kerberos SPNEGO for IBM JDK. (Yu Gao via llu)