diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/ModelExportFactory.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/ModelExportFactory.scala
index 4889be8e3c7ec..618fe79a7b14a 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/ModelExportFactory.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/ModelExportFactory.scala
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ private[mllib] object ModelExportFactory {
               svm, 
               "linear SVM: if predicted value > 0, the outcome is positive, or negative otherwise")
         case logisticRegression: LogisticRegressionModel => 
-          new LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport(
-              logisticRegression, 
-              "logistic regression: if predicted value > 0.5, "
-              + "the outcome is positive, or negative otherwise")
+          new LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport(logisticRegression, "logistic regression")
         case _ => 
           throw new IllegalArgumentException("Export not supported for model: " + model.getClass)
       }
diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport.scala
index f0c6708af58c4..0d65bc9ddc627 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport.scala
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ private[mllib] class LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport(
        val miningSchema = new MiningSchema()
        
        val regressionTableYES = new RegressionTable(model.intercept)
-       .withTargetCategory("YES")
+       .withTargetCategory("1")
        
        val regressionTableNO = new RegressionTable(0.0)
-       .withTargetCategory("NO")
+       .withTargetCategory("0")
        
        val regressionModel = new RegressionModel(miningSchema,MiningFunctionType.CLASSIFICATION)
         .withModelName(description)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ private[mllib] class LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExport(
        val targetField = FieldName.create("target");
        dataDictionary
         .withDataFields(
-            new DataField(targetField, OpType.CONTINUOUS, DataType.DOUBLE)
+            new DataField(targetField, OpType.CATEGORICAL, DataType.STRING)
         )
         miningSchema
          .withMiningFields(new MiningField(targetField)
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExportSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExportSuite.scala
index 27093938102ba..0bb6c9a60a485 100644
--- a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExportSuite.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/export/pmml/LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExportSuite.scala
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@ class LogisticRegressionPMMLModelExportSuite extends FunSuite{
     //assert that the PMML format is as expected
     assert(logisticModelExport.isInstanceOf[PMMLModelExport])
     var pmml = logisticModelExport.asInstanceOf[PMMLModelExport].getPmml()
-    assert(pmml.getHeader().getDescription() === "logistic regression: if predicted value > 0.5, the outcome is positive, or negative otherwise")
+    assert(pmml.getHeader().getDescription() === "logistic regression")
     //check that the number of fields match the weights size
     assert(pmml.getDataDictionary().getNumberOfFields() === logisticRegressionModel.weights.size + 1)
     //this verify that there is a model attached to the pmml object and the model is a regression one
-    //it also verifies that the pmml model has a regression table (for target category YES) with the same number of predictors of the model weights
+    //it also verifies that the pmml model has a regression table (for target category 1) with the same number of predictors of the model weights
     assert(pmml.getModels().get(0).asInstanceOf[RegressionModel]
-     .getRegressionTables().get(0).getTargetCategory() === "YES")
+     .getRegressionTables().get(0).getTargetCategory() === "1")
     assert(pmml.getModels().get(0).asInstanceOf[RegressionModel]
      .getRegressionTables().get(0).getNumericPredictors().size() === logisticRegressionModel.weights.size)
-    //verify if there is a second table with target category NO and no predictors
+    //verify if there is a second table with target category 0 and no predictors
     assert(pmml.getModels().get(0).asInstanceOf[RegressionModel]
-     .getRegressionTables().get(1).getTargetCategory() === "NO")
+     .getRegressionTables().get(1).getTargetCategory() === "0")
     assert(pmml.getModels().get(0).asInstanceOf[RegressionModel]
      .getRegressionTables().get(1).getNumericPredictors().size() === 0)