diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 922e83b14b8..b6c43cbac10 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ Release 0.19.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-954   Don't reassign root region until ProcessServerShutdown has split
                the former region server's log
    HBASE-957   PerformanceEvaluation tests if table exists by comparing descriptors
-   HBASE-728, HBASE-956, HBASE-955 Address thread naming, which threads are
-              Chores, vs Threads, make HLog manager the write ahead log and
-              not extend it to provided optional HLog sync operations.
+   HBASE-728,  HBASE-956, HBASE-955 Address thread naming, which threads are
+               Chores, vs Threads, make HLog manager the write ahead log and
+               not extend it to provided optional HLog sync operations.
+   HBASE-970   Update the copy/rename scripts to go against change API
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-901   Add a limit to key length, check key and value length on client side
diff --git a/bin/copy_table.rb b/bin/copy_table.rb
index ccf173c1caa..9bbc45233ba 100644
--- a/bin/copy_table.rb
+++ b/bin/copy_table.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ begin
           LOG.info("Copying " + oldRDir.toString() + " as " + newRDir.toString())
           FileUtil.copy(fs, oldRDir, fs, newRDir, false, true, c)
           # Create 'new' region
-          newR = HRegion.new(rootdir, utils.getLog(), fs, c, newHRI, nil, nil)
+          newR = HRegion.new(rootdir, utils.getLog(), fs, c, newHRI, nil)
           # Add new row. NOTE: Presumption is that only one .META. region. If not,
           # need to do the work to figure proper region to add this new region to.
           LOG.info("Adding to meta: " + newR.toString())
diff --git a/bin/rename_table.rb b/bin/rename_table.rb
index 0ebf56ac681..df468aa5694 100644
--- a/bin/rename_table.rb
+++ b/bin/rename_table.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ begin
           LOG.info("Removing " + Bytes.toString(key.getRow()) + " from .META.")
           metaRegion.deleteAll(key.getRow(), HConstants::LATEST_TIMESTAMP)
           # Create 'new' region
-          newR = HRegion.new(rootdir, utils.getLog(), fs, c, newHRI, nil, nil)
+          newR = HRegion.new(rootdir, utils.getLog(), fs, c, newHRI, nil)
           # Add new row. NOTE: Presumption is that only one .META. region. If not,
           # need to do the work to figure proper region to add this new region to.
           LOG.info("Adding to meta: " + newR.toString())