diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 1f2b0bec3a5..b09fd81c851 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5688. TestStagingCleanup fails intermittently with JDK7 (Mit
     Desai via jeagles)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5665. Add audience annotations to MiniMRYarnCluster and 
+    MiniMRCluster. (Anubhav Dhoot via kasha)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MiniMRCluster.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MiniMRCluster.java
index 5320621c740..2e14441410d 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MiniMRCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MiniMRCluster.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
  * instead
  */
 @Deprecated
+@InterfaceAudience.Public
+@InterfaceStability.Evolving
 public class MiniMRCluster {
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(MiniMRCluster.class);
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/MiniMRYarnCluster.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/MiniMRYarnCluster.java
index 00109c5d8e2..81b8b16d631 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/MiniMRYarnCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/MiniMRYarnCluster.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContext;
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.util.WebAppUtils;
  * Configures and starts the MR-specific components in the YARN cluster.
  *
  */
+@InterfaceAudience.Public
+@InterfaceStability.Evolving
 public class MiniMRYarnCluster extends MiniYARNCluster {
 
   public static final String APPJAR = JarFinder.getJar(LocalContainerLauncher.class);