diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index 13678f9012d50..346c7ed7ddd30 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.{ChainResolver, IBiblioResolver}
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.rest._
 import org.apache.spark.executor._
 import org.apache.spark.util.{ChildFirstURLClassLoader, MutableURLClassLoader, Utils}
-import org.apache.spark
+import org.apache.spark._
 
 /**
  * Whether to submit, kill, or request the status of an application.
@@ -91,7 +91,14 @@ object SparkSubmit {
     exitFn()
   }
   private[spark] def printVersionAndExit() = {
-    printStream.println(s"Spark Version: ${spark.SPARK_VERSION}")
+    printStream.println("""Welcome to
+      ____              __
+     / __/__  ___ _____/ /__
+    _\ \/ _ \/ _ `/ __/  '_/
+   /___/ .__/\_,_/_/ /_/\_\   version %s
+      /_/
+                        """.format(SPARK_VERSION))
+    printStream.println("Type --help for more information.")
     exitFn()
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
index cb61e55e14183..82e66a374249c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
@@ -413,11 +413,11 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, St
       case ("--help" | "-h") :: tail =>
         printUsageAndExit(0)
 
-      case ("--verbose") :: tail =>
+      case ("--verbose" | "-v") :: tail =>
         verbose = true
         parse(tail)
 
-      case ("--version" | "-v") :: tail =>
+      case ("--version") :: tail =>
         SparkSubmit.printVersionAndExit()
 
       case EQ_SEPARATED_OPT(opt, value) :: tail =>
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, St
         |  --proxy-user NAME           User to impersonate when submitting the application.
         |
         |  --help, -h                  Show this help message and exit
-        |  --verbose,                  Print additional debug output
-        |  --version, -v               Print the version of current Spark
+        |  --verbose, -v               Print additional debug output
+        |  --version,                  Print the version of current Spark
         |
         | Spark standalone with cluster deploy mode only:
         |  --driver-cores NUM          Cores for driver (Default: 1).