diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index 2ef0a6423d9..8fa23fda530 100644
--- a/hbase-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/pom.xml
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@
       <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
       <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
+      <artifactId>htrace-zipkin</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-it/pom.xml b/hbase-it/pom.xml
index 0d0dffd8cc1..cb3fb135397 100644
--- a/hbase-it/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-it/pom.xml
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@
       <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
       <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
+      <artifactId>htrace-zipkin</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index 60343abe854..cd60a43c52e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@
       <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
       <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
+      <artifactId>htrace-zipkin</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.lmax</groupId>
       <artifactId>disruptor</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shell/pom.xml b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
index 3d6eed777a3..083f242bfd9 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@
       <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
       <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
+      <artifactId>htrace-zipkin</artifactId>
+   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <profiles>
     <!-- Skip the tests in this module -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 75febab4e77..ef2fd2ac9f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1370,6 +1370,11 @@
         <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
         <version>${htrace.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.htrace</groupId>
+        <artifactId>htrace-zipkin</artifactId>
+        <version>${htrace.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.lmax</groupId>
         <artifactId>disruptor</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/docbkx/tracing.xml b/src/main/docbkx/tracing.xml
index affede976df..48c78d6c454 100644
--- a/src/main/docbkx/tracing.xml
+++ b/src/main/docbkx/tracing.xml
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      HTrace also includes a <classname>ZipkinSpanReceiver</classname>
-      that converts all span information to
+      HTrace also provides a <classname>ZipkinSpanReceiver</classname>
+      which converts all span information to
       <link xlink:href="http://github.com/twitter/zipkin">Zipkin</link>
       span format and send them to Zipkin server.
-      You need to install htrace-zipkin jar and add it to your HBase classpath
-      in order to use this receiver.
       The <classname>ZipkinSpanReceiver</classname>
       looks in <filename>hbase-site.xml</filename>
       for a <varname>hbase.zipkin.collector-hostname</varname>