diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index f516ae7e2a5..3e1b8112131 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1632. TestApplicationMasterServices should be under
     org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager package (Chen He via jeagles)
 
+    YARN-1673. Fix option parsing in YARN's application CLI after it is broken
+    by YARN-967. (Mayank Bansal via vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/ApplicationCLI.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/ApplicationCLI.java
index 9b465b78b28..d520866e51c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/ApplicationCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/ApplicationCLI.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class ApplicationCLI extends YarnCLI {
         listApplications(appTypes, appStates);
       }
     } else if (cliParser.hasOption(KILL_CMD)) {
-      if (args.length != 2) {
+      if (args.length != 3) {
         printUsage(opts);
         return exitCode;
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java
index dd6be0d8a57..48ac5484893 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/TestYarnCLI.java
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ public class TestYarnCLI {
     sysOutStream.reset();
     ApplicationId applicationId = ApplicationId.newInstance(1234, 5);
     result =
-        cli.run(new String[] { "-kill", applicationId.toString(), "args" });
+        cli.run(new String[] {"application", "-kill", applicationId.toString(), "args" });
     verify(spyCli).printUsage(any(Options.class));
     Assert.assertEquals(createApplicationCLIHelpMessage(),
         sysOutStream.toString());
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ public class TestYarnCLI {
         FinalApplicationStatus.SUCCEEDED, null, "N/A", 0.53789f, "YARN", null);
     when(client.getApplicationReport(any(ApplicationId.class))).thenReturn(
         newApplicationReport2);
-    int result = cli.run(new String[] { "-kill", applicationId.toString() });
+    int result = cli.run(new String[] { "application","-kill", applicationId.toString() });
     assertEquals(0, result);
     verify(client, times(0)).killApplication(any(ApplicationId.class));
     verify(sysOut).println(
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ public class TestYarnCLI {
         FinalApplicationStatus.SUCCEEDED, null, "N/A", 0.53789f, "YARN", null);
     when(client.getApplicationReport(any(ApplicationId.class))).thenReturn(
         newApplicationReport);
-    result = cli.run(new String[] { "-kill", applicationId.toString() });
+    result = cli.run(new String[] { "application","-kill", applicationId.toString() });
     assertEquals(0, result);
     verify(client).killApplication(any(ApplicationId.class));
     verify(sysOut).println("Killing application application_1234_0005");
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ public class TestYarnCLI {
         .getApplicationReport(applicationId);
     cli = createAndGetAppCLI();
     try {
-      cli.run(new String[] { "-kill", applicationId.toString() });
+      cli.run(new String[] { "application","-kill", applicationId.toString() });
       Assert.fail();
     } catch (Exception ex) {
       Assert.assertTrue(ex instanceof ApplicationNotFoundException);