diff --git a/python/pyspark/mllib/clustering.py b/python/pyspark/mllib/clustering.py
index e6ef72942ce77..bf1d396d25ac5 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/mllib/clustering.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/mllib/clustering.py
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ def k(self):
 
     def predict(self, x):
         """Find the cluster to which x belongs in this model."""
+        if isinstance(x, RDD):
+            return x.map(lambda v: self.predict(v))
+
         best = 0
         best_distance = float("inf")
         if isinstance(x, RDD):
@@ -114,12 +117,12 @@ def predict(self, x):
                 best_distance = distance
         return best
 
-    def computeCost(self, rdd):
+    def computeCost(self, data):
         """
         Return the K-means cost (sum of squared distances of points to
         their nearest center) for this model on the given data.
         """
-        cost = callMLlibFunc("computeCostKmeansModel", rdd.map(_convert_to_vector),
+        cost = callMLlibFunc("computeCostKmeansModel", data.map(_convert_to_vector),
                              [_convert_to_vector(c) for c in self.centers])
         return cost
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/mllib/feature.py b/python/pyspark/mllib/feature.py
index 334f5b86cd392..337e69196013d 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/mllib/feature.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/mllib/feature.py
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ class JavaVectorTransformer(JavaModelWrapper, VectorTransformer):
     """
 
     def transform(self, vector):
+        """
+        Applies transformation on a vector or an RDD[Vector].
+
+        Note: In Python, transform cannot currently be used within
+              an RDD transformation or action.
+              Call transform directly on the RDD instead.
+
+        :param vector: Vector or RDD of Vector to be transformed.
+        """
         if isinstance(vector, RDD):
             vector = vector.map(_convert_to_vector)
         else:
@@ -124,20 +133,6 @@ class StandardScalerModel(JavaVectorTransformer):
 
     Represents a StandardScaler model that can transform vectors.
     """
-    def transform(self, vector):
-        """
-        Applies standardization transformation on a vector.
-
-        Note: In Python, transform cannot currently be used within
-              an RDD transformation or action.
-              Call transform directly on the RDD instead.
-
-        :param vector: Vector or RDD of Vector to be standardized.
-        :return: Standardized vector. If the variance of a column is
-                 zero, it will return default `0.0` for the column with
-                 zero variance.
-        """
-        return JavaVectorTransformer.transform(self, vector)
 
     def setWithMean(self, withMean):
         """
@@ -186,7 +181,7 @@ def __init__(self, withMean=False, withStd=True):
         self.withMean = withMean
         self.withStd = withStd
 
-    def fit(self, dataset):
+    def fit(self, data):
         """
         Computes the mean and variance and stores as a model to be used
         for later scaling.
@@ -195,8 +190,8 @@ def fit(self, dataset):
                      to build the transformation model.
         :return: a StandardScalarModel
         """
-        dataset = dataset.map(_convert_to_vector)
-        jmodel = callMLlibFunc("fitStandardScaler", self.withMean, self.withStd, dataset)
+        data = data.map(_convert_to_vector)
+        jmodel = callMLlibFunc("fitStandardScaler", self.withMean, self.withStd, data)
         return StandardScalerModel(jmodel)
 
 
@@ -206,14 +201,6 @@ class ChiSqSelectorModel(JavaVectorTransformer):
 
     Represents a Chi Squared selector model.
     """
-    def transform(self, vector):
-        """
-        Applies transformation on a vector.
-
-        :param vector: Vector or RDD of Vector to be transformed.
-        :return: transformed vector.
-        """
-        return JavaVectorTransformer.transform(self, vector)
 
 
 class ChiSqSelector(object):
@@ -330,7 +317,7 @@ class IDFModel(JavaVectorTransformer):
     """
     Represents an IDF model that can transform term frequency vectors.
     """
-    def transform(self, x):
+    def transform(self, vector):
         """
         Transforms term frequency (TF) vectors to TF-IDF vectors.
 
@@ -346,11 +333,7 @@ def transform(self, x):
                   vector
         :return: an RDD of TF-IDF vectors or a TF-IDF vector
         """
-        if isinstance(x, RDD):
-            return JavaVectorTransformer.transform(self, x)
-
-        x = _convert_to_vector(x)
-        return JavaVectorTransformer.transform(self, x)
+        return JavaVectorTransformer.transform(self, vector)
 
     def idf(self):
         """
@@ -540,16 +523,16 @@ def setMinCount(self, minCount):
         self.minCount = minCount
         return self
 
-    def fit(self, data):
+    def fit(self, dataset):
         """
         Computes the vector representation of each word in vocabulary.
 
         :param data: training data. RDD of list of string
         :return: Word2VecModel instance
         """
-        if not isinstance(data, RDD):
+        if not isinstance(dataset, RDD):
             raise TypeError("data should be an RDD of list of string")
-        jmodel = callMLlibFunc("trainWord2Vec", data, int(self.vectorSize),
+        jmodel = callMLlibFunc("trainWord2Vec", dataset, int(self.vectorSize),
                                float(self.learningRate), int(self.numPartitions),
                                int(self.numIterations), int(self.seed),
                                int(self.minCount))
diff --git a/python/pyspark/mllib/tree.py b/python/pyspark/mllib/tree.py
index 372b86a7c95d9..6923df115465a 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/mllib/tree.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/mllib/tree.py
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ def predict(self, x):
         else:
             return self.call("predict", _convert_to_vector(x))
 
+    @property
     def numTrees(self):
         """
         Get number of trees in ensemble.
         """
         return self.call("numTrees")
 
+    @property
     def totalNumNodes(self):
         """
         Get total number of nodes, summed over all trees in the
@@ -90,9 +92,11 @@ def predict(self, x):
         else:
             return self.call("predict", _convert_to_vector(x))
 
+    @property
     def numNodes(self):
         return self._java_model.numNodes()
 
+    @property
     def depth(self):
         return self._java_model.depth()
 
@@ -316,9 +320,9 @@ def trainClassifier(cls, data, numClasses, categoricalFeaturesInfo, numTrees,
         ...     LabeledPoint(1.0, [3.0])
         ... ]
         >>> model = RandomForest.trainClassifier(sc.parallelize(data), 2, {}, 3, seed=42)
-        >>> model.numTrees()
+        >>> model.numTrees
         3
-        >>> model.totalNumNodes()
+        >>> model.totalNumNodes
         7
         >>> print(model)
         TreeEnsembleModel classifier with 3 trees
@@ -396,9 +400,9 @@ def trainRegressor(cls, data, categoricalFeaturesInfo, numTrees, featureSubsetSt
         ... ]
         >>>
         >>> model = RandomForest.trainRegressor(sc.parallelize(sparse_data), {}, 2, seed=42)
-        >>> model.numTrees()
+        >>> model.numTrees
         2
-        >>> model.totalNumNodes()
+        >>> model.totalNumNodes
         4
         >>> model.predict(SparseVector(2, {1: 1.0}))
         1.0
@@ -486,9 +490,9 @@ def trainClassifier(cls, data, categoricalFeaturesInfo,
         ... ]
         >>>
         >>> model = GradientBoostedTrees.trainClassifier(sc.parallelize(data), {}, numIterations=10)
-        >>> model.numTrees()
+        >>> model.numTrees
         10
-        >>> model.totalNumNodes()
+        >>> model.totalNumNodes
         30
         >>> print(model)  # it already has newline
         TreeEnsembleModel classifier with 10 trees
@@ -549,9 +553,9 @@ def trainRegressor(cls, data, categoricalFeaturesInfo,
         >>>
         >>> data = sc.parallelize(sparse_data)
         >>> model = GradientBoostedTrees.trainRegressor(data, {}, numIterations=10)
-        >>> model.numTrees()
+        >>> model.numTrees
         10
-        >>> model.totalNumNodes()
+        >>> model.totalNumNodes
         12
         >>> model.predict(SparseVector(2, {1: 1.0}))
         1.0