diff --git a/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R b/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R
index de489e1bda2c307d9dccfe57b5c8223e4f5c3e9b..4e0267a03851bb31a4182058b2f9ea4d05f1c559 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R
+++ b/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 library(SparkR)
 
 # $example on:init_session$
-sparkR.session(appName = "MyApp", sparkConfig = list(spark.some.config.option = "some-value"))
+sparkR.session(appName = "R Spark SQL basic example", sparkConfig = list(spark.some.config.option = "some-value"))
 # $example off:init_session$