diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index d33e5b33d8d..4b8208406ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-13052. ChecksumFileSystem mishandles crc file permissions.
     (Daryn Sharp via kihwal)
 
+    HADOOP-13084. Fix ASF License warnings in branch-2.7.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - 2016-01-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0291c171016..a0ad91e4498 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,15 +219,16 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-       <configuration>
+        <configuration>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>.gitattributes</exclude>
             <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
             <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
             <exclude>.idea/**</exclude>
-	    <exclude>**/build/**</exclude>
-         </excludes>
-       </configuration>
+            <exclude>**/build/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/patchprocess/**</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>