diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index a48c6c18701..62b4e525644 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5999. Fix dead link in InputFormat javadoc (Akira AJISAKA via aw)
 
     MAPREDUCE-6032. Made MR jobs write job history files on the default FS when
-    the current context’s FS is different. (Benjamin Zhitomirsky via zjshen)
+    the current context's FS is different. (Benjamin Zhitomirsky via zjshen)
 
 Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED