diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 549f6e17131..2686306dbd1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
     HDFS-6893. crypto subcommand is not sorted properly in hdfs's hadoop_usage
     (David Luo via aw)
 
+    HDFS-6981. Fix DN upgrade with layout version change. (Arpit Agarwal)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
@@ -632,8 +634,6 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6951. Correctly persist raw namespace xattrs to edit log and fsimage.
     (clamb via wang)
 
-    HDFS-6981. Fix DN upgrade with layout version change. (Arpit Agarwal)
-
     BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-6134 AND HADOOP-10150 SUBTASKS AND RELATED JIRAS
   
       HDFS-6387. HDFS CLI admin tool for creating & deleting an