diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 200f3cd212e46c21db7d035a23e3a177d1c633a0..fd236137cb96e016e48f65cfe36c8d89badc10a3 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
   <td><code>spark.driver.extraClassPath</code></td>
   <td>(none)</td>
   <td>
-    Extra classpath entries to append to the classpath of the driver.
+    Extra classpath entries to prepend to the classpath of the driver.
 
     <br /><em>Note:</em> In client mode, this config must not be set through the <code>SparkConf</code>
     directly in your application, because the driver JVM has already started at that point.
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
   <td><code>spark.executor.extraClassPath</code></td>
   <td>(none)</td>
   <td>
-    Extra classpath entries to append to the classpath of executors. This exists primarily for 
+    Extra classpath entries to prepend to the classpath of executors. This exists primarily for 
     backwards-compatibility with older versions of Spark. Users typically should not need to set 
     this option.
   </td>