diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index f250ee2545d16..0272239b58bbc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Release 2.9.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4550. Some tests in TestContainerLanch fails on non-english locale
     environment. (Takashi Ohnishi via stevel)
 
+    YARN-4567. javadoc failing on java 8. (Steve Loughran via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
index 3b23ad8292e24..33431f871330e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
@@ -1006,7 +1006,6 @@ protected void startWepApp() {
   /**
    * Helper method to create and init {@link #activeServices}. This creates an
    * instance of {@link RMActiveServices} and initializes it.
-   * @throws Exception
    */
   protected void createAndInitActiveServices() {
     activeServices = new RMActiveServices(this);