diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DDLParser.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DDLParser.scala
index 6969b423d01b9a6e2acbb05f7f96bb1d4c4c0fa2..f22508b21090ca83352c08bc6ee939b741ee797c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DDLParser.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DDLParser.scala
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ class DDLParser(parseQuery: String => LogicalPlan)
   protected def start: Parser[LogicalPlan] = ddl
 
   /**
-   * `CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE avroTable [IF NOT EXISTS]
+   * `CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] avroTable
    * USING org.apache.spark.sql.avro
    * OPTIONS (path "../hive/src/test/resources/data/files/episodes.avro")`
    * or
-   * `CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE avroTable(intField int, stringField string...) [IF NOT EXISTS]
+   * `CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] avroTable(intField int, stringField string...)
    * USING org.apache.spark.sql.avro
    * OPTIONS (path "../hive/src/test/resources/data/files/episodes.avro")`
    * or
-   * `CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE avroTable [IF NOT EXISTS]
+   * `CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] avroTable
    * USING org.apache.spark.sql.avro
    * OPTIONS (path "../hive/src/test/resources/data/files/episodes.avro")`
    * AS SELECT ...