diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0b4c0b7e8e9..b1cb4bd5190 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ Release 0.20.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-1483  HLog split loses track of edits (Clint Morgan via Stack)
    HBASE-1484  commit log split writes files with newest edits first
                (since hbase-1430); should be other way round
+   HBASE-1493  New TableMapReduceUtil methods should be static (Billy Pearson
+               via Andrew Purtell)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1089  Add count of regions on filesystem to master UI; add percentage
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableMapReduceUtil.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableMapReduceUtil.java
index 390c651edb4..05dbf0099f5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableMapReduceUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableMapReduceUtil.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class TableMapReduceUtil {
    * @param job  The current job configuration to adjust.
    * @throws IOException When retrieving the table details fails.
    */
-  public void limitNumReduceTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
+  public static void limitNumReduceTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
   throws IOException { 
     HTable outputTable = new HTable(new HBaseConfiguration(job), table);
     int regions = outputTable.getRegionsInfo().size();
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class TableMapReduceUtil {
    * @param job  The current job configuration to adjust.
    * @throws IOException When retrieving the table details fails.
    */
-  public void limitNumMapTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
+  public static void limitNumMapTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
   throws IOException { 
     HTable outputTable = new HTable(new HBaseConfiguration(job), table);
     int regions = outputTable.getRegionsInfo().size();
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class TableMapReduceUtil {
    * @param job  The current job configuration to adjust.
    * @throws IOException When retrieving the table details fails.
    */
-  public void setNumReduceTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
+  public static void setNumReduceTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
   throws IOException { 
     HTable outputTable = new HTable(new HBaseConfiguration(job), table);
     int regions = outputTable.getRegionsInfo().size();
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class TableMapReduceUtil {
    * @param job  The current job configuration to adjust.
    * @throws IOException When retrieving the table details fails.
    */
-  public void setNumMapTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
+  public static void setNumMapTasks(String table, JobConf job) 
   throws IOException { 
     HTable outputTable = new HTable(new HBaseConfiguration(job), table);
     int regions = outputTable.getRegionsInfo().size();