diff --git src/main/docbkx/ops_mgt.xml src/main/docbkx/ops_mgt.xml
index fa54d5e..c12f8d4 100644
--- src/main/docbkx/ops_mgt.xml
+++ src/main/docbkx/ops_mgt.xml
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ Valid program names are:
$ bin/hbase org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.Import <tablename> <inputdir>
+ To import 0.94 exported files in a 0.96 cluster or onwards, you need to set system property "hbase.import.version" when running the import command as below:
+$ bin/hbase -Dhbase.import.version=0.94 org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.Import <tablename> <inputdir>
+
+