diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
index a0ba5825f35c..67375f6b5f94 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ def format(self, source):
 
         .. note:: Experimental.
 
-        :param source: string, name of the data source, e.g. 'json', 'parquet'.
+        :param source: string, name of the data source, which for now can be 'parquet'.
 
         >>> writer = sdf.writeStream.format('json')
         """
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
index d38e3e58125d..f70c7d08a691 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ final class DataStreamWriter[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) {
 
   /**
    * :: Experimental ::
-   * Specifies the underlying output data source. Built-in options include "parquet", "json", etc.
+   * Specifies the underlying output data source. Built-in options include "parquet" for now.
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
    */