diff --git a/R/pkg/R/DataFrame.R b/R/pkg/R/DataFrame.R
index a1c9495b0795e..70eb7a874b75c 100644
--- a/R/pkg/R/DataFrame.R
+++ b/R/pkg/R/DataFrame.R
@@ -2297,6 +2297,8 @@ setMethod("rename",
 
 setClassUnion("characterOrColumn", c("character", "Column"))
 
+setClassUnion("numericOrColumn", c("numeric", "Column"))
+
 #' Arrange Rows by Variables
 #'
 #' Sort a SparkDataFrame by the specified column(s).
diff --git a/R/pkg/R/functions.R b/R/pkg/R/functions.R
index 50137130ab98e..920c43c4916b8 100644
--- a/R/pkg/R/functions.R
+++ b/R/pkg/R/functions.R
@@ -3052,14 +3052,19 @@ setMethod("array_position",
 #' \code{array_repeat}: Creates an array containing the left argument repeated the number of times
 #' given by the right argument.
 #'
-#' @param n Column determining the number of repetitions.
+#' @param count Column or constant determining the number of repetitions.
 #' @rdname column_collection_functions
-#' @aliases array_repeat array_repeat,Column-method
+#' @aliases array_repeat array_repeat,Column,numericOrColumn-method
 #' @note array_repeat since 2.4.0
 setMethod("array_repeat",
-          signature(x = "Column", n = "Column"),
-          function(x, n) {
-            jc <- callJStatic("org.apache.spark.sql.functions", "array_repeat", x@jc, n@jc)
+          signature(x = "Column", count = "numericOrColumn"),
+          function(x, count) {
+            if (class(count) == "Column") {
+                count <- count@jc
+            } else {
+                count <- as.integer(count)
+            }
+            jc <- callJStatic("org.apache.spark.sql.functions", "array_repeat", x@jc, count)
             column(jc)
           })
 
@@ -3086,9 +3091,9 @@ setMethod("array_sort",
 #' @aliases arrays_overlap arrays_overlap,Column-method
 #' @note arrays_overlap since 2.4.0
 setMethod("arrays_overlap",
-          signature(y = "Column", x = "Column"),
-          function(y, x) {
-            jc <- callJStatic("org.apache.spark.sql.functions", "arrays_overlap", y@jc, x@jc)
+          signature(x = "Column", y = "Column"),
+          function(x, y) {
+            jc <- callJStatic("org.apache.spark.sql.functions", "arrays_overlap", x@jc, y@jc)
             column(jc)
           })
 
diff --git a/R/pkg/R/generics.R b/R/pkg/R/generics.R
index 12b3b799cd718..8894cb1c5b92f 100644
--- a/R/pkg/R/generics.R
+++ b/R/pkg/R/generics.R
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ setGeneric("array_position", function(x, value) { standardGeneric("array_positio
 
 #' @rdname column_collection_functions
 #' @name NULL
-setGeneric("array_repeat", function(x, n) { standardGeneric("array_repeat") })
+setGeneric("array_repeat", function(x, count) { standardGeneric("array_repeat") })
 
 #' @rdname column_collection_functions
 #' @name NULL
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ setGeneric("array_sort", function(x) { standardGeneric("array_sort") })
 
 #' @rdname column_collection_functions
 #' @name NULL
-setGeneric("arrays_overlap", function(y, x) { standardGeneric("arrays_overlap") })
+setGeneric("arrays_overlap", function(x, y) { standardGeneric("arrays_overlap") })
 
 #' @rdname column_string_functions
 #' @name NULL
diff --git a/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R b/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R
index 6c0c010e691f0..16c1fd5a065eb 100644
--- a/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R
+++ b/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R
@@ -1508,6 +1508,9 @@ test_that("column functions", {
   result <- collect(select(df, array_repeat(df[[1]], df[[2]])))[[1]]
   expect_equal(result, list(list("a", "a", "a"), list("b", "b")))
 
+  result <- collect(select(df, array_repeat(df[[1]], 2L)))[[1]]
+  expect_equal(result, list(list("a", "a"), list("b", "b")))
+
   # Test arrays_overlap()
   df <- createDataFrame(list(list(list(1L, 2L), list(3L, 1L)),
                              list(list(1L, 2L), list(3L, 4L)),