diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/metrics.xml b/src/site/xdoc/metrics.xml
index f7a60a4..89279cc 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/metrics.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/metrics.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,21 @@ export HBASE_REGIONSERVER_OPTS="$HBASE_JMX_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.p
hadoop domain in JMX.
In HBase 0.92.x, you can view metrics in the HBase UI if you set
+ *.class in $HBASE_HOME/conf/hadoop-metrics.properties
+ to org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.NoEmitMetricsContext. For
+ example, to see hbase metrics, set hbase.class to
+
After restarting HBase, browse to /metrics in the regionserver
+ or master UI to see a dump of the current metrics state.
+
For more information on understanding HBase metrics, see the metrics section in the HBase book.