diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 9c1dfc48cca..35e0da4df78 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-6165. [JDK8] TestCombineFileInputFormat failed on JDK8.
     (Akira AJISAKA via ozawa)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6356. Misspelling of threshold in log4j.properties for tests.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 531b68b5a9f..81a3f6ad5d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 531b68b5a9f..81a3f6ad5d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 531b68b5a9f..81a3f6ad5d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 531b68b5a9f..81a3f6ad5d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 531b68b5a9f..81a3f6ad5d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 531b68b5a9f..81a3f6ad5d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
+log4j.threshold=ALL
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n