diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b78f794e0be..bdf3f39e6e4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ Release 0.2.0
    HBASE-738   overview.html in need of updating (Izaak Rubin via Stack)
    HBASE-745   scaling of one regionserver, improving memory and cpu usage (partial)
                (LN via Stack)
+   HBASE-746   Batching row mutations via thrift (Tim Sell via Stack)
+   HBASE-772   Up default lease period from 60 to 120 seconds
 
   NEW FEATURES
    HBASE-47    Option to set TTL for columns in hbase
diff --git a/conf/hbase-default.xml b/conf/hbase-default.xml
index 932ac4f4385..a0110cc691e 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/conf/hbase-default.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
   </property>
   <property>
     <name>hbase.master.lease.period</name>
-    <value>60000</value>
+    <value>120000</value>
     <description>HMaster server lease period in milliseconds. Default is
     60 seconds.  Region servers must report in within this period else
     they are considered dead.  On loaded cluster, may need to up this
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
   </property>
   <property>
     <name>hbase.hbasemaster.maxregionopen</name>
-    <value>60000</value>
+    <value>120000</value>
     <description>Period to wait for a region open.  If regionserver
     takes longer than this interval, assign to a new regionserver.
     </description>