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@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ spark classpath. For example, to connect to postgres from the Spark Shell you wo
 following command:
 
 {% highlight bash %}
-SPARK_CLASSPATH=postgresql-9.3-1102-jdbc41.jar bin/spark-shell
+bin/spark-shell --driver-class-path postgresql-9.4.1207.jar --jars postgresql-9.4.1207.jar
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 Tables from the remote database can be loaded as a DataFrame or Spark SQL Temporary table using