diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 766157603..f1b386fb2 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.9-beta1" date="2012-??-??">
+          <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">53914 - TableRow#getTopBorder() return bottom's border</action>
           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">53282 - Avoid exception when parsing OPC relationships with non-breaking spaces</action>
           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">54016 - Avoid exception when parsing workbooks with DConRefRecord in row aggregate</action>
           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">54008 - Fixed Ant build to support build directories with blanks</action>
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableRow.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableRow.java
index 0d861dac8..a12dc63be 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableRow.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableRow.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public final class TableRow extends Range
 
     public BorderCode getTopBorder()
     {
-        return _tprops.getBrcBottom();
+        return _tprops.getBrcTop();
     }
 
     public BorderCode getVerticalBorder()