diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 00cc91e6454..8b73d5afffd 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
 
     HADOOP-11353. Add support for .hadooprc (aw)
 
+    HADOOP-9044. add FindClass main class to provide classpath checking
+    of installations (Steve Loughran via aw)
+
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
     HADOOP-8017. Configure hadoop-main pom to get rid of M2E plugin execution