diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 3a30c1485d0..e83f06914ba 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5943. Separate mapred commands from CommandManual.apt.vm
       (Akira AJISAKA via aw)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5363. Fix doc and spelling for TaskCompletionEvent#getTaskStatus 
+      and getStatus (Akira AJISAKA via aw)
+
 Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskCompletionEvent.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskCompletionEvent.java
index 742da3f86a4..dc4d82e116c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskCompletionEvent.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskCompletionEvent.java
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ public TaskAttemptID getTaskAttemptId() {
   }
   
   /**
-   * Returns enum Status.SUCESS or Status.FAILURE.
-   * @return task tracker status
+   * Returns {@link Status}
+   * @return task completion status
    */
   public Status getTaskStatus() {
     return Status.valueOf(super.getStatus().name());
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TaskCompletionEvent.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TaskCompletionEvent.java
index 9118f62e01c..31643a94ac2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TaskCompletionEvent.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TaskCompletionEvent.java
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ public TaskAttemptID getTaskAttemptId() {
   }
   
   /**
-   * Returns enum Status.SUCESS or Status.FAILURE.
-   * @return task tracker status
+   * Returns {@link Status}
+   * @return task completion status
    */
   public Status getStatus() {
     return status;