diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index b4f204216c7..4fcf524b3fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -651,6 +651,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8037. CheckAccess in WebHDFS silently accepts malformed FsActions
     parameters. (wheat9)
 
+    HDFS-8257. Namenode rollingUpgrade option is incorrect in document
+    (J.Andreina via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
index bdb051ba875..254a77c4151 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSCommands.md
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ Usage:
               [-upgrade [-clusterid cid] [-renameReserved<k-v pairs>] ] |
               [-upgradeOnly [-clusterid cid] [-renameReserved<k-v pairs>] ] |
               [-rollback] |
-              [-rollingUpgrade <downgrade |rollback> ] |
+              [-rollingUpgrade <rollback |started> ] |
               [-finalize] |
               [-importCheckpoint] |
               [-initializeSharedEdits] |