diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 4a9492c975c..6542cb7f84c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10876. The constructor of Path should not take an empty URL as a
     parameter. (Zhihai Xu via wang)
 
+    HADOOP-10928. Incorrect usage on `hadoop credential list`.
+    (Josh Elser via wang)
+
 Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/alias/CredentialShell.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/alias/CredentialShell.java
index 2c1a792d5a3..0ac39943179 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/alias/CredentialShell.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/alias/CredentialShell.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class CredentialShell extends Configured implements Tool {
   }
 
   private class ListCommand extends Command {
-    public static final String USAGE = "list <alias> [-provider] [-help]";
+    public static final String USAGE = "list [-provider] [-help]";
     public static final String DESC =
         "The list subcommand displays the aliases contained within \n" +
         "a particular provider - as configured in core-site.xml or " +