diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/error/README.md b/core/src/main/resources/error/README.md
index dbe180b97e..c4ab6bb2f5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/error/README.md
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/error/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Spark only uses the standard-defined classes and subclasses, and does not use im
 
 The following SQLSTATEs are from ISO/IEC CD 9075-2.
 
+<!-- SQLSTATE table start -->
 |SQLSTATE|Class|Condition                                                   |Subclass|Subcondition                                                   |
 |--------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 |07000   |07   |dynamic SQL error                                           |000     |(no subclass)                                                  |
@@ -253,3 +254,4 @@ The following SQLSTATEs are from ISO/IEC CD 9075-2.
 |42000   |42   |syntax error or access rule violation                       |000     |(no subclass)                                                  |
 |44000   |44   |with check option violation                                 |000     |(no subclass)                                                  |
 |HZ000   |HZ   |remote database access                                      |000     |(no subclass)                                                  |
+<!-- SQLSTATE table stop -->
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkThrowableSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkThrowableSuite.scala
index 473ecc69a4..750b2ee873 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkThrowableSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkThrowableSuite.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkThrowableHelper._
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 /**
  * Test suite for Spark Throwables.
@@ -73,7 +74,17 @@ class SparkThrowableSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
 
   test("SQLSTATE invariants") {
     val sqlStates = errorClassToInfoMap.values.toSeq.flatMap(_.sqlState)
-    checkCondition(sqlStates, s => s.length == 5)
+    val errorClassReadMe = Utils.getSparkClassLoader.getResource("error/README.md")
+    val errorClassReadMeContents = IOUtils.toString(errorClassReadMe.openStream())
+    val sqlStateTableRegex =
+      "(?s)<!-- SQLSTATE table start -->(.+)<!-- SQLSTATE table stop -->".r
+    val sqlTable = sqlStateTableRegex.findFirstIn(errorClassReadMeContents).get
+    val sqlTableRows = sqlTable.split("\n").filter(_.startsWith("|")).drop(2)
+    val validSqlStates = sqlTableRows.map(_.slice(1, 6)).toSet
+    // Sanity check
+    assert(Set("07000", "42000", "HZ000").subsetOf(validSqlStates))
+    assert(validSqlStates.forall(_.length == 5), validSqlStates)
+    checkCondition(sqlStates, s => validSqlStates.contains(s))
   }
 
   test("Message format invariants") {