diff --git a/bin/compute-classpath.sh b/bin/compute-classpath.sh
index 3a59f599fd..b0218531e9 100755
--- a/bin/compute-classpath.sh
+++ b/bin/compute-classpath.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ FWDIR="$(cd `dirname $0`/..; pwd)"
 . $FWDIR/bin/load-spark-env.sh
 
 # Build up classpath
-CLASSPATH="$SPARK_CLASSPATH:$FWDIR/conf"
+CLASSPATH="$SPARK_CLASSPATH:$SPARK_SUBMIT_CLASSPATH:$FWDIR/conf"
 
 ASSEMBLY_DIR="$FWDIR/assembly/target/scala-$SCALA_VERSION"
 
diff --git a/bin/spark-class b/bin/spark-class
index 6871e180c9..e8160c8af6 100755
--- a/bin/spark-class
+++ b/bin/spark-class
@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ case "$1" in
     OUR_JAVA_MEM=${SPARK_EXECUTOR_MEMORY:-$DEFAULT_MEM}
     ;;
 
-  # All drivers use SPARK_JAVA_OPTS + SPARK_DRIVER_MEMORY. The repl also uses SPARK_REPL_OPTS.
-  'org.apache.spark.repl.Main')
-    OUR_JAVA_OPTS="$SPARK_JAVA_OPTS $SPARK_REPL_OPTS"
+  # Spark submit uses SPARK_SUBMIT_OPTS and SPARK_JAVA_OPTS
+    'org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit')
+    OUR_JAVA_OPTS="$SPARK_JAVA_OPTS $SPARK_SUBMIT_OPTS \
+      -Djava.library.path=$SPARK_SUBMIT_LIBRARY_PATH"
     OUR_JAVA_MEM=${SPARK_DRIVER_MEMORY:-$DEFAULT_MEM}
     ;;
+
   *)
     OUR_JAVA_OPTS="$SPARK_JAVA_OPTS"
     OUR_JAVA_MEM=${SPARK_DRIVER_MEMORY:-$DEFAULT_MEM}
@@ -98,7 +100,6 @@ fi
 
 # Set JAVA_OPTS to be able to load native libraries and to set heap size
 JAVA_OPTS="$OUR_JAVA_OPTS"
-JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djava.library.path=$_SPARK_LIBRARY_PATH"
 JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Xms$OUR_JAVA_MEM -Xmx$OUR_JAVA_MEM"
 # Load extra JAVA_OPTS from conf/java-opts, if it exists
 if [ -e "$FWDIR/conf/java-opts" ] ; then
diff --git a/bin/spark-shell b/bin/spark-shell
index f1f3c18877..7f03349c5e 100755
--- a/bin/spark-shell
+++ b/bin/spark-shell
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #
 # Shell script for starting the Spark Shell REPL
 
-args="$@"
 cygwin=false
 case "`uname`" in
     CYGWIN*) cygwin=true;;
@@ -46,12 +45,12 @@ function main(){
         # "Backspace sends ^H" setting in "Keys" section of the Mintty options
         # (see https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/562).
         stty -icanon min 1 -echo > /dev/null 2>&1
-        export SPARK_REPL_OPTS="$SPARK_REPL_OPTS -Djline.terminal=unix"
-        $FWDIR/bin/spark-submit spark-internal "$args" --class org.apache.spark.repl.Main
+        export SPARK_SUBMIT_OPTS="$SPARK_SUBMIT_OPTS -Djline.terminal=unix"
+        $FWDIR/bin/spark-submit spark-internal "$@" --class org.apache.spark.repl.Main
         stty icanon echo > /dev/null 2>&1
     else
-        export SPARK_REPL_OPTS
-        $FWDIR/bin/spark-submit spark-internal "$args" --class org.apache.spark.repl.Main
+        export SPARK_SUBMIT_OPTS
+        $FWDIR/bin/spark-submit spark-internal "$@" --class org.apache.spark.repl.Main
     fi
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ if [[ ! $? ]]; then
   saved_stty=""
 fi
 
-main
+main "$@"
 
 # record the exit status lest it be overwritten:
 # then reenable echo and propagate the code.
diff --git a/bin/spark-submit b/bin/spark-submit
index b2a1dca721..dd0d95d9d4 100755
--- a/bin/spark-submit
+++ b/bin/spark-submit
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ while (($#)); do
   elif [ "$1" = "--driver-memory" ]; then
     DRIVER_MEMORY=$2
   elif [ "$1" = "--driver-library-path" ]; then
-    export _SPARK_LIBRARY_PATH=$2
+    export SPARK_SUBMIT_LIBRARY_PATH=$2
   elif [ "$1" = "--driver-class-path" ]; then
-    export SPARK_CLASSPATH="$SPARK_CLASSPATH:$2"
+    export SPARK_SUBMIT_CLASSPATH=$2
   elif [ "$1" = "--driver-java-options" ]; then
-    export SPARK_JAVA_OPTS="$SPARK_JAVA_OPTS $2"
+    export SPARK_SUBMIT_OPTS=$2
   fi
   shift
 done
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
index 58d9e9add7..5834dc40f1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String]) {
         |  --driver-memory MEM         Memory for driver (e.g. 1000M, 2G) (Default: 512M).
         |  --driver-java-options       Extra Java options to pass to the driver
         |  --driver-library-path       Extra library path entries to pass to the driver
-        |  --driver-class-path         Extra class path entries to pass to the driver
+        |  --driver-class-path         Extra class path entries to pass to the driver. Note that
+        |                              jars added with --jars are automatically included in the
+        |                              classpath.
         |
         |  --executor-memory MEM       Memory per executor (e.g. 1000M, 2G) (Default: 1G).
         |