diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
index d702b9d9118af..a85e5b28a6996 100644
--- a/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -331,10 +331,6 @@ Note that Spark artifacts are tagged with a Scala version.
   <name>Simple Project</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
-  <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> <!-- Spark dependency -->
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/docs/structured-streaming-programming-guide.md b/docs/structured-streaming-programming-guide.md
index 8f64faadc32dc..8367f5a08c755 100644
--- a/docs/structured-streaming-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/structured-streaming-programming-guide.md
@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ streamingDf.join(staticDf, "type", "right_join")  // right outer join with a sta
 <div data-lang="java"  markdown="1">
 
 {% highlight java %}
-Dataset<Row> staticDf = spark.read. ...;
-Dataset<Row> streamingDf = spark.readStream. ...;
+Dataset<Row> staticDf = spark.read(). ...;
+Dataset<Row> streamingDf = spark.readStream(). ...;
 streamingDf.join(staticDf, "type");         // inner equi-join with a static DF
 streamingDf.join(staticDf, "type", "right_join");  // right outer join with a static DF
 {% endhighlight %}
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ streamingDf
 <div data-lang="java"  markdown="1">
 
 {% highlight java %}
-Dataset<Row> streamingDf = spark.readStream. ...;  // columns: guid, eventTime, ...
+Dataset<Row> streamingDf = spark.readStream(). ...;  // columns: guid, eventTime, ...
 
 // Without watermark using guid column
 streamingDf.dropDuplicates("guid");