diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
index fd1521193fdeea790cd223535f3ff66fd3f57ebb..3721b98d686856d5d42ad71b50e49348f030207f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
@@ -514,7 +514,8 @@ private[deploy] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, S
     outStream.println(
       s"""
         |Options:
-        |  --master MASTER_URL         spark://host:port, mesos://host:port, yarn, or local.
+        |  --master MASTER_URL         spark://host:port, mesos://host:port, yarn, or local
+        |                              (Default: local[*]).
         |  --deploy-mode DEPLOY_MODE   Whether to launch the driver program locally ("client") or
         |                              on one of the worker machines inside the cluster ("cluster")
         |                              (Default: client).