diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 5e53726ea69..05021060436 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-3716. Node-label-expression should be included by 
     ResourceRequestPBImpl.toString. (Xianyin Xin via wangda)
 
+    YARN-3740. Fixed the typo in the configuration name:
+    APPLICATION_HISTORY_PREFIX_MAX_APPS. (Xuan Gong via zjshen)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 0268c26ed90..ea0d71dd065 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -1476,9 +1476,9 @@ public class YarnConfiguration extends Configuration {
    * REST API or application history protocol and shown in timeline
    * server web ui.
    */
-  public static final String APPLICATION_HISTORY_PREFIX_MAX_APPS =
+  public static final String APPLICATION_HISTORY_MAX_APPS =
       APPLICATION_HISTORY_PREFIX + "max-applications";
-  public static final long DEFAULT_APPLICATION_HISTORY_PREFIX_MAX_APPS = 10000;
+  public static final long DEFAULT_APPLICATION_HISTORY_MAX_APPS = 10000;
 
   /** Timeline service store class */
   public static final String TIMELINE_SERVICE_STORE =
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryManagerOnTimelineStore.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryManagerOnTimelineStore.java
index d3e7b5c8031..9bfd2d63b12 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryManagerOnTimelineStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryManagerOnTimelineStore.java
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public class ApplicationHistoryManagerOnTimelineStore extends AbstractService
     serverHttpAddress = WebAppUtils.getHttpSchemePrefix(conf) +
         WebAppUtils.getAHSWebAppURLWithoutScheme(conf);
     maxLoadedApplications =
-        conf.getLong(YarnConfiguration.APPLICATION_HISTORY_PREFIX_MAX_APPS,
-          YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_APPLICATION_HISTORY_PREFIX_MAX_APPS);
+        conf.getLong(YarnConfiguration.APPLICATION_HISTORY_MAX_APPS,
+          YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_APPLICATION_HISTORY_MAX_APPS);
     super.serviceInit(conf);
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryClientService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryClientService.java
index ad03718e4b7..764ecb953a4 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryClientService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryClientService.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class TestApplicationHistoryClientService {
     // Create a historyManager, and set the max_apps can be loaded
     // as 1.
     Configuration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
-    conf.setLong(YarnConfiguration.APPLICATION_HISTORY_PREFIX_MAX_APPS, 1);
+    conf.setLong(YarnConfiguration.APPLICATION_HISTORY_MAX_APPS, 1);
     ApplicationHistoryManagerOnTimelineStore historyManager2 =
         new ApplicationHistoryManagerOnTimelineStore(dataManager,
           new ApplicationACLsManager(conf));