diff --git a/src/scala/spark/repl/SparkInterpreterLoop.scala b/src/scala/spark/repl/SparkInterpreterLoop.scala
index 26361fdc255942f284c4cad81c779539b54c8e1f..5bad0a37daaee8c7ac87d66870f4fe166cd2e816 100644
--- a/src/scala/spark/repl/SparkInterpreterLoop.scala
+++ b/src/scala/spark/repl/SparkInterpreterLoop.scala
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ extends InterpreterControl {
         if (prop != null) prop else "local"
       }
     }
-    new SparkContext(master, "Spark REPL")
+    new SparkContext(master, "Spark shell")
   }
 
   /** The main read-eval-print loop for the interpreter.  It calls