diff --git a/bin/pyspark b/bin/pyspark
index 2e754b50cd165..6f0c2a8c4fe7c 100755
--- a/bin/pyspark
+++ b/bin/pyspark
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ export SPARK_HOME="$FWDIR"
 
 SCALA_VERSION=2.10
 
+if [[ "$@" == *--help* ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: ./bin/pyspark [python file] [options]"
+  ./bin/spark-submit --help 2>&1 | grep -v Usage 1>&2
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # Exit if the user hasn't compiled Spark
 if [ ! -f "$FWDIR/RELEASE" ]; then
   # Exit if the user hasn't compiled Spark