diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/examples/JavaKafkaWordCount.java b/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/examples/JavaKafkaWordCount.java
index 9a8e4209eddc7da8d87401dafe81b46f3456065a..22994fb2ec71c70261b604b569124e0e0330fc1c 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/examples/JavaKafkaWordCount.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/examples/JavaKafkaWordCount.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class JavaKafkaWordCount {
     }
 
     // Create the context with a 1 second batch size
-    JavaStreamingContext ssc = new JavaStreamingContext(args[0], "NetworkWordCount",
+    JavaStreamingContext ssc = new JavaStreamingContext(args[0], "KafkaWordCount",
             new Duration(2000), System.getenv("SPARK_HOME"), System.getenv("SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR"));
 
     int numThreads = Integer.parseInt(args[4]);