diff --git a/docs/spark-standalone.md b/docs/spark-standalone.md
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@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@ To run an interactive Spark shell against the cluster, run the following command
 
     ./bin/spark-shell --master spark://IP:PORT
 
-Note that if you are running spark-shell from one of the spark cluster machines, the `bin/spark-shell` script will
-automatically set MASTER from the `SPARK_MASTER_IP` and `SPARK_MASTER_PORT` variables in `conf/spark-env.sh`.
-
 You can also pass an option `--cores <numCores>` to control the number of cores that spark-shell uses on the cluster.
 
 # Launching Compiled Spark Applications