diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index 8fa23fda530..2ef0a6423d9 100644
--- a/hbase-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/pom.xml
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@
       <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 cb3fb135397..0d0dffd8cc1 100644
--- a/hbase-it/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-it/pom.xml
@@ -195,10 +195,6 @@
       <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 cd60a43c52e..60343abe854 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -441,10 +441,6 @@
       <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 083f242bfd9..3d6eed777a3 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
@@ -207,10 +207,6 @@
       <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 ef2fd2ac9f3..75febab4e77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1370,11 +1370,6 @@
         <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 48c78d6c454..affede976df 100644
--- a/src/main/docbkx/tracing.xml
+++ b/src/main/docbkx/tracing.xml
@@ -80,10 +80,12 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      HTrace also provides a <classname>ZipkinSpanReceiver</classname>
-      which converts all span information to
+      HTrace also includes a <classname>ZipkinSpanReceiver</classname>
+      that 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>