diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 74582704c54..ecfd9effe4c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     NetworkTopology#sortByDistance. (Yongjun Zhang via wang)
 
     HDFS-6583. Remove clientNode in FileUnderConstructionFeature. (wheat9)
+
   BUG FIXES 
 
     HDFS-6112. NFS Gateway docs are incorrect for allowed hosts configuration.
@@ -712,6 +713,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6587. Bug in TestBPOfferService can cause test failure. (Zhilei Xu
     via Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-6598. Fix a typo in message issued from explorer.js. (Yongjun Zhang
+    via wheat9)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-2006 SUBTASKS AND RELATED JIRAS
 
     HDFS-6299. Protobuf for XAttr and client-side implementation. (Yi Liu via umamahesh)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js
index 7b126516cff..4e739b3912f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
           var msg = '<p>Path does not exist on HDFS or WebHDFS is disabled.  Please check your path or enable WebHDFS</p>';
           break;
         default:
-          var msg = '<p>Failed to retreive data from ' + url + ': ' + err + '</p>';
+          var msg = '<p>Failed to retrieve data from ' + url + ': ' + err + '</p>';
         }
       show_err_msg(msg);
     };