diff --git a/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R b/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R
index e647f0e1e9f1..3734568d872d 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R
+++ b/examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+# To run this example use
+# ./bin/spark-submit examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R
+
 library(SparkR)
 
 # $example on:init_session$
diff --git a/examples/src/main/r/dataframe.R b/examples/src/main/r/dataframe.R
index 82b85f2f590f..311350497f87 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/r/dataframe.R
+++ b/examples/src/main/r/dataframe.R
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+# To run this example use
+# ./bin/spark-submit examples/src/main/r/dataframe.R
+
 library(SparkR)
 
 # Initialize SparkSession