diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala
index 00a485d5f745e..5c858a3b6b648 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ private[spark] object SQLConf {
 
   val USE_SQL_SERIALIZER2 = "spark.sql.useSerializer2"
 
-  val USE_JSONRDD2 = "spark.sql.json.useJsonRDD2"
+  val USE_JACKSON_STREAMING_API = "spark.sql.json.useJacksonStreamingAPI"
 
   object Deprecated {
     val MAPRED_REDUCE_TASKS = "mapred.reduce.tasks"
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ private[sql] class SQLConf extends Serializable {
 
   private[spark] def useSqlSerializer2: Boolean = getConf(USE_SQL_SERIALIZER2, "true").toBoolean
 
-  private[spark] def useJsonRDD2: Boolean = getConf(USE_JSONRDD2, "true").toBoolean
+  private[spark] def useJacksonStreamingAPI: Boolean = getConf(USE_JACKSON_STREAMING_API, "true").toBoolean
 
   /**
    * Upper bound on the sizes (in bytes) of the tables qualified for the auto conversion to
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
index d99ee132f3699..dcb9226511c62 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ class SQLContext(@transient val sparkContext: SparkContext)
    */
   @Experimental
   def jsonRDD(json: RDD[String], schema: StructType): DataFrame = {
-    if (conf.useJsonRDD2) {
+    if (conf.useJacksonStreamingAPI) {
       baseRelationToDataFrame(new JSONRelation(json, None, 1.0, Some(schema))(this))
     } else {
       val columnNameOfCorruptJsonRecord = conf.columnNameOfCorruptRecord
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class SQLContext(@transient val sparkContext: SparkContext)
    */
   @Experimental
   def jsonRDD(json: RDD[String], samplingRatio: Double): DataFrame = {
-    if (conf.useJsonRDD2) {
+    if (conf.useJacksonStreamingAPI) {
       baseRelationToDataFrame(new JSONRelation(json, None, samplingRatio, None)(this))
     } else {
       val columnNameOfCorruptJsonRecord = conf.columnNameOfCorruptRecord
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JSONRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JSONRelation.scala
index 355b295907628..b1d212ce20f51 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JSONRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JSONRelation.scala
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ private[sql] class JSONRelation(
       samplingRatio,
       userSpecifiedSchema)(sqlContext)
 
-  private val useJsonRDD2: Boolean = sqlContext.conf.useJsonRDD2
+  private val useJacksonStreamingAPI: Boolean = sqlContext.conf.useJacksonStreamingAPI
 
   override val needConversion: Boolean = false
 
   override lazy val schema = userSpecifiedSchema.getOrElse {
-    if (useJsonRDD2) {
+    if (useJacksonStreamingAPI) {
       JsonRDD2.nullTypeToStringType(
         JsonRDD2.inferSchema(
           baseRDD,
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ private[sql] class JSONRelation(
   }
 
   override def buildScan(): RDD[Row] = {
-    if (useJsonRDD2) {
+    if (useJacksonStreamingAPI) {
       JsonRDD2.jsonStringToRow(
         baseRDD,
         schema,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ private[sql] class JSONRelation(
   }
 
   override def buildScan(requiredColumns: Seq[Attribute], filters: Seq[Expression]): RDD[Row] = {
-    if (useJsonRDD2) {
+    if (useJacksonStreamingAPI) {
       JsonRDD2.jsonStringToRow(
         baseRDD,
         StructType.fromAttributes(requiredColumns),