diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 7fc46a6046a..67aa67ddeb3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1133,6 +1133,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9100. HDFS Balancer does not respect dfs.client.use.datanode.hostname.
     (Casey Brotherton via Yongjun Zhang)
 
+    HDFS-9191. Typo in Hdfs.java. NoSuchElementException is misspelled.
+    (Catherine Palmer via jghoman)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
index 1d37aa9f6cd..6dd88844b0c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class Hdfs extends AbstractFileSystem {
      * @return the next item in the list
      * 
      * @throws IOException if there is any error
-     * @throws NoSuchElmentException if no more entry is available
+     * @throws NoSuchElementException if no more entry is available
      */
     public HdfsFileStatus getNext() throws IOException {
       if (hasNext()) {