diff --git a/bin/HBase.rb b/bin/HBase.rb
index 4f5c6e703fa..39860062abb 100644
--- a/bin/HBase.rb
+++ b/bin/HBase.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module HBase
   TIMESTAMP = "TIMESTAMP"
   NAME = HConstants::NAME
   VERSIONS = HConstants::VERSIONS
+  IN_MEMORY = HConstants::IN_MEMORY
   STOPROW = "STOPROW"
   STARTROW = "STARTROW"
   ENDROW = STOPROW
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ module HBase
         arg[VERSIONS]? arg[VERSIONS]: HColumnDescriptor::DEFAULT_VERSIONS,
         arg[HColumnDescriptor::COMPRESSION]? HColumnDescriptor::CompressionType::valueOf(arg[HColumnDescriptor::COMPRESSION]):
           HColumnDescriptor::DEFAULT_COMPRESSION,
-        arg[HColumnDescriptor::IN_MEMORY]? arg[HColumnDescriptor::IN_MEMORY]: HColumnDescriptor::DEFAULT_IN_MEMORY,
+        arg[IN_MEMORY]? arg[IN_MEMORY]: HColumnDescriptor::DEFAULT_IN_MEMORY,
         arg[HColumnDescriptor::BLOCKCACHE]? arg[HColumnDescriptor::BLOCKCACHE]: HColumnDescriptor::DEFAULT_BLOCKCACHE,
         arg[HColumnDescriptor::LENGTH]? arg[HColumnDescriptor::LENGTH]: HColumnDescriptor::DEFAULT_LENGTH,
         arg[HColumnDescriptor::TTL]? arg[HColumnDescriptor::TTL]: HColumnDescriptor::DEFAULT_TTL,
diff --git a/bin/hirb.rb b/bin/hirb.rb
index 1361eafc873..0687e409b7f 100644
--- a/bin/hirb.rb
+++ b/bin/hirb.rb
@@ -117,18 +117,14 @@ HBASE SHELL COMMANDS:
  create    Create table; pass table name, a dictionary of specifications per
            column family, and optionally a dictionary of table configuration.
            Dictionaries are described below in the GENERAL NOTES section.
-           For example, to create a table named 't1' with a single family named
-           'f1' with an alternate maximum number of cells, type:
+           Examples:
 
            hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 5}
-
-           To create a table with 'f1', 'f2', and 'f3' using all defaults:
-
            hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1'}, {NAME => 'f2'}, {NAME => 'f3'}
-
-           or in shorthand:
-
+           hbase> # The above in shorthand would be the following:
            hbase> create 't1', 'f1', 'f2', 'f3'
+           hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 1, TTL => 2592000, \
+             BLOCKCACHE => true}
 
  describe  Describe the named table: e.g. "hbase> describe 't1'"
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
index cb8754f7aa4..fd1ae7507e1 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
@@ -62,16 +62,13 @@ public class HColumnDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
   }
 
   public static final String COMPRESSION = "COMPRESSION";
-  public static final String IN_MEMORY = "IN_MEMORY";
   public static final String BLOCKCACHE = "BLOCKCACHE";
   public static final String LENGTH = "LENGTH";
   public static final String TTL = "TTL";
-  public static final String VERSIONS = "VERSIONS";
   public static final String BLOOMFILTER = "BLOOMFILTER";
   public static final String FOREVER = "FOREVER";
   public static final String MAPFILE_INDEX_INTERVAL =
       "MAPFILE_INDEX_INTERVAL";
-  public static final String MEMCACHE_FLUSHSIZE = "MEMCACHE_FLUSHSIZE";
 
   /**
    * Default compression type.
@@ -322,7 +319,7 @@ public class HColumnDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
   
   /** @return maximum number of versions */
   public int getMaxVersions() {
-    String value = getValue(VERSIONS);
+    String value = getValue(HConstants.VERSIONS);
     if (value != null)
       return Integer.valueOf(value);
     return DEFAULT_VERSIONS;
@@ -332,7 +329,7 @@ public class HColumnDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
    * @param maxVersions maximum number of versions
    */
   public void setMaxVersions(int maxVersions) {
-    setValue(VERSIONS, Integer.toString(maxVersions));
+    setValue(HConstants.VERSIONS, Integer.toString(maxVersions));
   }
   
   /**
@@ -359,7 +356,7 @@ public class HColumnDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
    * @return True if we are to keep all in use HRegionServer cache.
    */
   public boolean isInMemory() {
-    String value = getValue(IN_MEMORY);
+    String value = getValue(HConstants.IN_MEMORY);
     if (value != null)
       return Boolean.valueOf(value);
     return DEFAULT_IN_MEMORY;
@@ -370,7 +367,7 @@ public class HColumnDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
    * cache
    */
   public void setInMemory(boolean inMemory) {
-    setValue(IN_MEMORY, Boolean.toString(inMemory));
+    setValue(HConstants.IN_MEMORY, Boolean.toString(inMemory));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
index 8078875c374..80fb5aaebdd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
@@ -225,4 +225,5 @@ public interface HConstants {
 
   public static final String NAME = "NAME";
   public static final String VERSIONS = "VERSIONS";
+  public static final String IN_MEMORY = "IN_MEMORY";
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java
index df28183657a..58618266e99 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public class HTableDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
   public static final String FAMILIES = "FAMILIES";
 
   public static final String MAX_FILESIZE = "MAX_FILESIZE";
-  public static final String IN_MEMORY = "IN_MEMORY";
   public static final String READONLY = "READONLY";
   public static final String MEMCACHE_FLUSHSIZE = "MEMCACHE_FLUSHSIZE";
   public static final String IS_ROOT = "IS_ROOT";
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ public class HTableDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
    * HRegionServer cache only
    */
   public boolean isInMemory() {
-    String value = getValue(IN_MEMORY);
+    String value = getValue(HConstants.IN_MEMORY);
     if (value != null)
       return Boolean.valueOf(value);
     return DEFAULT_IN_MEMORY;
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ public class HTableDescriptor implements WritableComparable {
    * the HRegionServer cache only.
    */
   public void setInMemory(boolean inMemory) {
-    setValue(IN_MEMORY, Boolean.toString(inMemory));
+    setValue(HConstants.IN_MEMORY, Boolean.toString(inMemory));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRegionServerExit.java b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRegionServerExit.java
index 4f9ef4ff5e0..8bb091a5212 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRegionServerExit.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRegionServerExit.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class TestRegionServerExit extends HBaseClusterTestCase {
   
   /**
    * Test abort of region server.
+   * Test is flakey up on hudson.  Needs work.
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public void disabledTestCleanExit() throws IOException {