diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 0fbf9a8f975..be8232ac50f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-6243. Fix findbugs warnings in hadoop-rumen. (Masatake Iwasaki
     via aajisaka)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5988. Fix dead links to the javadocs in mapreduce project.
+    (aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/api/protocolrecords/package-info.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/api/protocolrecords/package-info.java
index cb534304a57..827b272c284 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/api/protocolrecords/package-info.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/api/protocolrecords/package-info.java
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-@InterfaceAudience.Private
 package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.protocolrecords;
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/package-info.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/package-info.java
index 56d57d01044..8f6df2c14f7 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/package-info.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/package-info.java
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
  *
  * cf. MAPREDUCE-901 for rationales.
  */
-@InterfaceAudience.Private
 @InterfaceStability.Evolving
 package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.counters;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/package-info.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/package-info.java
index 73c8ab59f2c..00b93c9a2b1 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/package-info.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/package-info.java
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-@InterfaceAudience.Private
 package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs;
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;