diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 371ff861d8f..cdce3d5bf4c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10973. Native Libraries Guide contains format error. (Peter Klavins
     via Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HADOOP-10972. Native Libraries Guide contains mis-spelt build line (Peter
+    Klavins via aw)
+
 Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm
index ab06a7c61d4..49818af806e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/NativeLibraries.apt.vm
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Native Libraries Guide
    library:
 
 ----
-   $ mvn package -Pdist,native -Dskiptests -Dtar
+   $ mvn package -Pdist,native -DskipTests -Dtar
 ----
 
    You should see the newly-built library in: