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 baae55013787dfe30b4136f770e3b4dd8bd3c09b..3045eb69f427fc4f6265a6a6f9bb41e25d8f5d5b 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
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ object SparkSession {
       if ((session ne null) && !session.sparkContext.isStopped) {
         options.foreach { case (k, v) => session.sessionState.conf.setConfString(k, v) }
         if (options.nonEmpty) {
-          logWarning("Use an existing SparkSession, some configuration may not take effect.")
+          logWarning("Using an existing SparkSession; some configuration may not take effect.")
         }
         return session
       }
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ object SparkSession {
         if ((session ne null) && !session.sparkContext.isStopped) {
           options.foreach { case (k, v) => session.sessionState.conf.setConfString(k, v) }
           if (options.nonEmpty) {
-            logWarning("Use an existing SparkSession, some configuration may not take effect.")
+            logWarning("Using an existing SparkSession; some configuration may not take effect.")
           }
           return session
         }