diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/conf.py b/python/pyspark/sql/conf.py
index 7428c919915f3efc04243c437247c27aade1a597..609d882a95a323057520e855bab507c86db19388 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/conf.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/conf.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class RuntimeConfig(object):
     """User-facing configuration API, accessible through `SparkSession.conf`.
 
     Options set here are automatically propagated to the Hadoop configuration during I/O.
-    This a thin wrapper around its Scala implementation org.apache.spark.sql.RuntimeConfig.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, jconf):
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/session.py b/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
index fb3e318163e875554be7d5477a25d5afbd56883e..04842f6185c713ffbd3bc0a8b04ecb9a0b2b75f5 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ class SparkSession(object):
             .config("spark.some.config.option", "some-value") \
             .getOrCreate()
 
-    :param sparkContext: The :class:`SparkContext` backing this SparkSession.
-    :param jsparkSession: An optional JVM Scala SparkSession. If set, we do not instantiate a new
-        SparkSession in the JVM, instead we make all calls to this object.
     """
 
     class Builder(object):
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfig.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfig.scala
index 4fd6e42640d242b89eec46e937c8cbb8853539a2..7e07e0cb84a87923d74ac87f27932de9826a5ba6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfig.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfig.scala
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ class RuntimeConfig private[sql](sqlConf: SQLConf = new SQLConf) {
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
    */
-  def set(key: String, value: String): RuntimeConfig = {
+  def set(key: String, value: String): Unit = {
     sqlConf.setConfString(key, value)
-    this
   }
 
   /**
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ class RuntimeConfig private[sql](sqlConf: SQLConf = new SQLConf) {
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
    */
-  def set(key: String, value: Boolean): RuntimeConfig = {
+  def set(key: String, value: Boolean): Unit = {
     set(key, value.toString)
   }
 
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ class RuntimeConfig private[sql](sqlConf: SQLConf = new SQLConf) {
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
    */
-  def set(key: String, value: Long): RuntimeConfig = {
+  def set(key: String, value: Long): Unit = {
     set(key, value.toString)
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
similarity index 85%
rename from sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
rename to sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
index a629b73ac046d8ffac76cb561e9404224076f952..cfe2e9f2dbc4469e2bb157f68220ce8a8dfe7cfd 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.apache.spark.sql.internal
+package org.apache.spark.sql
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
-import org.apache.spark.sql.RuntimeConfig
 
 class RuntimeConfigSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
 
@@ -26,10 +25,9 @@ class RuntimeConfigSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
 
   test("set and get") {
     val conf = newConf()
-    conf
-      .set("k1", "v1")
-      .set("k2", 2)
-      .set("k3", value = false)
+    conf.set("k1", "v1")
+    conf.set("k2", 2)
+    conf.set("k3", value = false)
 
     assert(conf.get("k1") == "v1")
     assert(conf.get("k2") == "2")
@@ -41,13 +39,15 @@ class RuntimeConfigSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   }
 
   test("getOption") {
-    val conf = newConf().set("k1", "v1")
+    val conf = newConf()
+    conf.set("k1", "v1")
     assert(conf.getOption("k1") == Some("v1"))
     assert(conf.getOption("notset") == None)
   }
 
   test("unset") {
-    val conf = newConf().set("k1", "v1")
+    val conf = newConf()
+    conf.set("k1", "v1")
     assert(conf.get("k1") == "v1")
     conf.unset("k1")
     intercept[NoSuchElementException] {