diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index fb2741e049e..5b877e6078f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-10931 compile error on tools/hadoop-openstack (xukun via stevel)
 
+    HADOOP-10929. Typo in Configuration.getPasswordFromCredentialProviders
+    (lmccay via brandonli)
+
 Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
index 31c40f60f30..ea15e81639f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ public class Configuration implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String,String>>,
   public char[] getPassword(String name) throws IOException {
     char[] pass = null;
 
-    pass = getPasswordFromCredenitalProviders(name);
+    pass = getPasswordFromCredentialProviders(name);
 
     if (pass == null) {
       pass = getPasswordFromConfig(name);
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@ public class Configuration implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String,String>>,
    * @return password or null if not found
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  protected char[] getPasswordFromCredenitalProviders(String name)
+  protected char[] getPasswordFromCredentialProviders(String name)
       throws IOException {
     char[] pass = null;
     try {