diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index e4698952486..50d0674638e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-8263. Stringification of IPC calls not useful (todd)
 
+    HADOOP-8264. Remove irritating double double quotes in front of hostname
+    (Bernd Fondermann via bobby)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-7454 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-7455. HA: Introduce HA Service Protocol Interface. (suresh)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java
index b84bcb6a2a4..b6a9eac1084 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetUtils.java
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ public class NetUtils {
     hostDetails.append("local host is: ")
         .append(quoteHost(localHost))
         .append("; ");
-    hostDetails.append("destination host is: \"").append(quoteHost(destHost))
+    hostDetails.append("destination host is: ").append(quoteHost(destHost))
         .append(":")
         .append(destPort).append("; ");
     return hostDetails.toString();