diff --git a/docs/sql-data-sources-orc.md b/docs/sql-data-sources-orc.md
index 45bff17c6cf2..bddffe02602e 100644
--- a/docs/sql-data-sources-orc.md
+++ b/docs/sql-data-sources-orc.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ the vectorized reader is used when `spark.sql.hive.convertMetastoreOrc` is also
   <tr>
     <td><code>spark.sql.orc.impl</code></td>
     <td><code>native</code></td>
-    <td>The name of ORC implementation. It can be one of <code>native</code> and <code>hive</code>. <code>native</code> means the native ORC support that is built on Apache ORC 1.4. `hive` means the ORC library in Hive 1.2.1.</td>
+    <td>The name of ORC implementation. It can be one of <code>native</code> and <code>hive</code>. <code>native</code> means the native ORC support. <code>hive</code> means the ORC library in Hive.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>spark.sql.orc.enableVectorizedReader</code></td>
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index e2c1308cdc60..a44a94660707 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ object SQLConf {
     .createWithDefault("snappy")
 
   val ORC_IMPLEMENTATION = buildConf("spark.sql.orc.impl")
-    .doc("When native, use the native version of ORC support instead of the ORC library in Hive " +
-      "1.2.1. It is 'hive' by default prior to Spark 2.4.")
+    .doc("When native, use the native version of ORC support instead of the ORC library in Hive." +
+      "It is 'hive' by default prior to Spark 2.4.")
     .internal()
     .stringConf
     .checkValues(Set("hive", "native"))