diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b2fcec04903..41c839970c1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ Release 0.92.0 - Unreleased
                are requested in a Get (Mikhail Bautin)
    HBASE-4487  The increment operation can release the rowlock before sync-ing
                the Hlog (dhruba borthakur)
+   HBASE-4526  special case for stopping master in hbase-daemon.sh is no longer
+               required (Roman Shaposhnik)
+       
 
   TASKS
    HBASE-3559  Move report of split to master OFF the heartbeat channel
diff --git a/bin/hbase-daemon.sh b/bin/hbase-daemon.sh
index ac1aebcc6f5..22c22842ae7 100755
--- a/bin/hbase-daemon.sh
+++ b/bin/hbase-daemon.sh
@@ -153,13 +153,8 @@ case $startStop in
       # kill -0 == see if the PID exists 
       if kill -0 `cat $pid` > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         echo -n stopping $command
-        if [ "$command" = "master" ]; then
-          echo "`date` Killing $command" >> $loglog
-          kill -9 `cat $pid` > /dev/null 2>&1
-        else
-          echo "`date` Killing $command" >> $loglog
-          kill `cat $pid` > /dev/null 2>&1
-        fi
+        echo "`date` Killing $command" >> $loglog
+        kill `cat $pid` > /dev/null 2>&1
         while kill -0 `cat $pid` > /dev/null 2>&1; do
           echo -n "."
           sleep 1;