diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index bfc8ef29f76..d0322ab1f8b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     removes unused FileContext.getFileStatus(..) and fixes various javac
     warnings.  (szetszwo)
 
+    HADOOP-10414. Incorrect property name for RefreshUserMappingProtocol in
+    hadoop-policy.xml. (Joey Echeverria via atm)
+
 Release 2.4.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/conf/hadoop-policy.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/conf/hadoop-policy.xml
index 491dbe7dbe9..ee9d70f99a7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/conf/hadoop-policy.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/conf/hadoop-policy.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   </property>
 
   <property>
-    <name>security.refresh.usertogroups.mappings.protocol.acl</name>
+    <name>security.refresh.user.mappings.protocol.acl</name>
     <value>*</value>
     <description>ACL for RefreshUserMappingsProtocol. Used to refresh
     users mappings. The ACL is a comma-separated list of user and