diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 032b15b6a0a..053159786b1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ Release 0.20.0 - Unreleased
                for them
    HBASE-1566  using Scan(startRow,stopRow) will cause you to iterate the
                entire table
+   HBASE-1560  TIF can't seem to find one region
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1089  Add count of regions on filesystem to master UI; add percentage
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java
index 972fee1c4c6..398eadc7922 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ public class Scan implements Writable {
     for(int i=0; i<columns.length; i++) {
       try {
         byte [][] split = KeyValue.parseColumn(columns[i]);
-        addColumn(split[0], split[1]);
+        if (split[1].length == 0) {
+          addFamily(split[0]);
+        } else {
+          addColumn(split[0], split[1]);
+        }
       } catch(Exception e) {}
     }
     return this;