diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index b995415ec0f..6e13ab06041 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-4159. Job is running in Uber mode after setting 
     "mapreduce.job.ubertask.maxreduces" to zero (Devaraj K via bobby)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4165. Committing is misspelled as commiting in task logs
+    (John Eagles via bobby)
+
 Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/Task.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/Task.java
index 0645f472b1d..06a3d48892f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/Task.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/Task.java
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ abstract public class Task implements Writable, Configurable {
                    TaskReporter reporter
                    ) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     LOG.info("Task:" + taskId + " is done."
-             + " And is in the process of commiting");
+             + " And is in the process of committing");
     updateCounters();
 
     boolean commitRequired = isCommitRequired();