diff --git a/docs/cloud-integration.md b/docs/cloud-integration.md
index 36753f6373b55..b455cd4ba95df 100644
--- a/docs/cloud-integration.md
+++ b/docs/cloud-integration.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ is set to the chosen version of Spark:
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-cloud_2.11</artifactId>
     <version>${spark.version}</version>
+    <scope>provided</scope>
   </dependency>
   ...
 </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
index 28186c11887fc..8bf0d6ee6bba8 100644
--- a/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ Note that Spark artifacts are tagged with a Scala version.
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-sql_{{site.SCALA_BINARY_VERSION}}</artifactId>
       <version>{{site.SPARK_VERSION}}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md b/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md
index 0ca0f2a8b54d5..87ff4bee8a7c5 100644
--- a/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md
@@ -385,11 +385,12 @@ Similar to Spark, Spark Streaming is available through Maven Central. To write y
         <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
         <artifactId>spark-streaming_{{site.SCALA_BINARY_VERSION}}</artifactId>
         <version>{{site.SPARK_VERSION}}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 </div>
 <div data-lang="SBT" markdown="1">
 
-	libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" % "spark-streaming_{{site.SCALA_BINARY_VERSION}}" % "{{site.SPARK_VERSION}}"
+	libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" % "spark-streaming_{{site.SCALA_BINARY_VERSION}}" % "{{site.SPARK_VERSION}}" % "provided"
 </div>
 </div>