diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index e6930186078..c6e22d57a1b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-7165. listLocatedStatus(path, filter) is not redefined in FilterFs
     (Hairong Kuang via jlowe)
 
+    HADOOP-9729. The example code of org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool is incorrect
+    (hellojinjie via jlowe)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Tool.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Tool.java
index 3ff8e522de9..b6e3d7db713 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Tool.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Tool.java
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable;
  *         job.setReducerClass(MyReducer.class);
  *
  *         // Submit the job, then poll for progress until the job is complete
- *         JobClient.runJob(job);
- *         return 0;
+ *         RunningJob runningJob = JobClient.runJob(job);
+ *         if (runningJob.isSuccessful()) {
+ *           return 0;
+ *         } else {
+ *           return 1;
+ *         }
  *       }
  *       
  *       public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {