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-rw-r--r--python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
index f3182b237e..0f50f672a2 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ class DataFrameReader(object):
@ignore_unicode_prefix
@since(1.6)
def text(self, paths):
- """Loads a text file and returns a :class:`DataFrame` with a single string column named "value".
- If the directory structure of the text files contains partitioning information,
- those are ignored in the resulting DataFrame. To include partitioning information as
- columns, use ``read.format('text').load(...)``.
+ """
+ Loads text files and returns a :class:`DataFrame` whose schema starts with a
+ string column named "value", and followed by partitioned columns if there
+ are any.
Each line in the text file is a new row in the resulting DataFrame.