diff --git a/bin/pyspark2.cmd b/bin/pyspark2.cmd
index 2c4b08af8d4c318ff7cc31147a81a259c8a20a81..a0e66abcc26c9d06adf735b969d906d6ebee44da 100644
--- a/bin/pyspark2.cmd
+++ b/bin/pyspark2.cmd
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ for %%d in ("%FWDIR%assembly\target\scala-%SCALA_VERSION%\spark-assembly*hadoop*
 )
 if [%FOUND_JAR%] == [0] (
   echo Failed to find Spark assembly JAR.
-  echo You need to build Spark with sbt\sbt assembly before running this program.
+  echo You need to build Spark before running this program.
   goto exit
 )
 :skip_build_test
diff --git a/bin/run-example2.cmd b/bin/run-example2.cmd
index b29bf90c64e90d199ad1ad2368c0e65f19b2ef23..b49d0dcb4ff2dc322ad3702f2dbe3650e469f0c1 100644
--- a/bin/run-example2.cmd
+++ b/bin/run-example2.cmd
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if exist "%FWDIR%RELEASE" (
 )
 if "x%SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR%"=="x" (
   echo Failed to find Spark examples assembly JAR.
-  echo You need to build Spark with sbt\sbt assembly before running this program.
+  echo You need to build Spark before running this program.
   goto exit
 )
 
diff --git a/bin/spark-class b/bin/spark-class
index 613dc9c4566f20b77d1d0e0b9c178ac33fd2001a..e8201c18d52de864a9d692c877686ce7d45b65d1 100755
--- a/bin/spark-class
+++ b/bin/spark-class
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "$1" =~ org.apache.spark.tools.* ]]; then
   if test -z "$SPARK_TOOLS_JAR"; then
     echo "Failed to find Spark Tools Jar in $FWDIR/tools/target/scala-$SCALA_VERSION/" 1>&2
-    echo "You need to build spark before running $1." 1>&2
+    echo "You need to build Spark before running $1." 1>&2
     exit 1
   fi
   CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH:$SPARK_TOOLS_JAR"
diff --git a/bin/spark-class2.cmd b/bin/spark-class2.cmd
index 6c5672819172b6e6abd8d83c5df603afddd34bb9..da46543647efddc47af9d8def7658cf0dbed8603 100644
--- a/bin/spark-class2.cmd
+++ b/bin/spark-class2.cmd
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ for %%d in ("%FWDIR%assembly\target\scala-%SCALA_VERSION%\spark-assembly*hadoop*
 )
 if "%FOUND_JAR%"=="0" (
   echo Failed to find Spark assembly JAR.
-  echo You need to build Spark with sbt\sbt assembly before running this program.
+  echo You need to build Spark before running this program.
   goto exit
 )
 :skip_build_test