diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala
index e09e3caa3c98110e0a17fd08c35771f114394915..71b1880dc0715ad4dbcc52edcf5b33562a4fd716 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ class SparkSession private(
   /**
    * Synonym for `stop()`.
    *
-   * @since 2.2.0
+   * @since 2.1.0
    */
   override def close(): Unit = stop()