diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/.htaccess b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bfc3aa1196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Redirect HTML-multi version of the book to HTML-single
+# Rule added 2015-1-12 -- can be removed in 6 months
+Redirect /book/ /book.html
+
+# Redirect replication URL to the right section of the book
+# Rule added 2015-1-12 -- can be removed in 6 months
+Redirect /replication.html /book.html#cluster_replication
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3b252cda85..87070bad758 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -955,6 +955,24 @@
               </resources>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-htaccess</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>post-site</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/site</outputDirectory>
+              <resources>
+                <resource>
+                  <directory>${basedir}/hbase-common/src/main/resources/</directory>
+                  <includes>
+                    <include>.htaccess</include>
+                  </includes>
+                </resource>
+              </resources>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
         </executions>
         <configuration>
           <escapeString>\</escapeString>
diff --git a/src/main/docbkx/configuration.xml b/src/main/docbkx/configuration.xml
index 1d6e160134b..cbf8d1f03ff 100644
--- a/src/main/docbkx/configuration.xml
+++ b/src/main/docbkx/configuration.xml
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ stopping hbase...............</screen>
       <!--presumes the pre-site target has put the hbase-default.xml at this location-->
       <xi:include
         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
-        href="hbase-default.xml">
+        href="../../../target/docbkx/hbase-default.xml">
 	<xi:fallback>
           <section
             xml:id="hbase_default_configurations">