diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java
index 42f78437c3b..cf8270e328e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
  * Format sequences:<br>
  *   %a: Permissions in octal<br>
  *   %A: Permissions in symbolic style<br>
- *   %b: Size of file in blocks<br>
+ *   %b: Size of file in bytes<br>
  *   %F: Type<br>
  *   %g: Group name of owner<br>
  *   %n: Filename<br>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Stat extends FsCommand {
     "Print statistics about the file/directory at <path>" + NEWLINE +
     "in the specified format. Format accepts permissions in" + NEWLINE +
     "octal (%a) and symbolic (%A), filesize in" + NEWLINE +
-    "blocks (%b), type (%F), group name of owner (%g)," + NEWLINE +
+    "bytes (%b), type (%F), group name of owner (%g)," + NEWLINE +
     "name (%n), block size (%o), replication (%r), user name" + NEWLINE +
     "of owner (%u), modification date (%y, %Y)." + NEWLINE +
     "%y shows UTC date as \"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss\" and" + NEWLINE +
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md
index 43fc28bd890..42fddc94fd6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ stat
 
 Usage: `hadoop fs -stat [format] <path> ...`
 
-Print statistics about the file/directory at \<path\> in the specified format. Format accepts permissions in octal (%a) and symbolic (%A), filesize in blocks (%b), type (%F), group name of owner (%g), name (%n), block size (%o), replication (%r), user name of owner(%u), and modification date (%y, %Y). %y shows UTC date as "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" and %Y shows milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC. If the format is not specified, %y is used by default.
+Print statistics about the file/directory at \<path\> in the specified format. Format accepts permissions in octal (%a) and symbolic (%A), filesize in bytes (%b), type (%F), group name of owner (%g), name (%n), block size (%o), replication (%r), user name of owner(%u), and modification date (%y, %Y). %y shows UTC date as "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" and %Y shows milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC. If the format is not specified, %y is used by default.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml
index d285f333388..112aea00029 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/testConf.xml
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
         </comparator>
         <comparator>
           <type>RegexpComparator</type>
-          <expected-output>^( |\t)*blocks \(%b\), type \(%F\), group name of owner \(%g\),( )*</expected-output>
+          <expected-output>^( |\t)*bytes \(%b\), type \(%F\), group name of owner \(%g\),( )*</expected-output>
         </comparator>
         <comparator>
           <type>RegexpComparator</type>