diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 85079ee2cbb..675d16afeb8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Hadoop Change Log
 
-Trunk (unreleased changes)
+Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
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diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 35f58a5db07..927975c4b56 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Hadoop HDFS Change Log
 
-Trunk (unreleased changes)
+Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index c77c764b21e..6e429a4795a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Hadoop MapReduce Change Log
 
-Trunk (unreleased changes)
+Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES