diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index bf8fc033554..04834af39a5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HDFS-6823. dfs.web.authentication.kerberos.principal shows up in logs for 
+    insecure HDFS (Allen Wittenauer via raviprak)
+
     HDFS-6617. Flake TestDFSZKFailoverController.testManualFailoverWithDFSHAAdmin
     due to a long edit log sync op. (Liang Xie via cnauroth)