diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 539f7a325b9..b55f3f16553 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-6619. HADOOP_CLASSPATH is overwritten in MR container.
     (Junping Du via jianhe)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6563. Streaming documentation contains a stray '%' character.
+    (cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/src/site/markdown/HadoopStreaming.md.vm b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/src/site/markdown/HadoopStreaming.md.vm
index 919dd311705..e175a5f27d5 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/src/site/markdown/HadoopStreaming.md.vm
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/src/site/markdown/HadoopStreaming.md.vm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%<!---
+<!---
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at