diff --git a/src/docbkx/book.xml b/src/docbkx/book.xml
index 9b1a0e92c47..269ea0894da 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/book.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/book.xml
@@ -2429,13 +2429,20 @@ myHtd.setValue(HTableDescriptor.SPLIT_POLICY, MyCustomSplitPolicy.class.getName(
             </answer>
         </qandaentry>
         <qandaentry>
-                <question><para>How can I find examples of NoSQL/HBase?</para></question>
+            <question><para>How can I find examples of NoSQL/HBase?</para></question>
             <answer>
                 <para>See the link to the BigTable paper in <xref linkend="other.info" /> in the appendix, as
                 well as the other papers.
                 </para>
             </answer>
         </qandaentry>
+        <qandaentry>
+            <question><para>What is the history of HBase?</para></question>
+            <answer>
+                <para>See <xref linkend="hbase.history"/>.
+                </para>
+            </answer>
+        </qandaentry>
     </qandadiv>
     <qandadiv xml:id="faq.arch"><title>Architecture</title>
         <qandaentry xml:id="faq.arch.regions">
@@ -3228,6 +3235,19 @@ Comparator class used for Bloom filter keys, a UTF>8 encoded string stored   usi
        
   </appendix>
 
+  <appendix xml:id="hbase.history"><title>HBase History</title>
+    <itemizedlist>
+	  <listitem>2006:  <link xlink:href="http://research.google.com/archive/bigtable.html">BigTable</link> paper published by Google.
+	  </listitem>
+	  <listitem>2006 (end of year):  HBase development starts.
+	  </listitem>
+	  <listitem>2008:  HBase becomes Hadoop sub-project.
+	  </listitem>
+	  <listitem>2010:  HBase becomes Apache top-level project.
+	  </listitem>
+	</itemizedlist>
+  </appendix>
+
   <appendix xml:id="asf" ><title>HBase and the Apache Software Foundation</title>
     <para>HBase is a project in the Apache Software Foundation and as such there are responsibilities to the ASF to ensure
     a healthy project.</para>