diff --git a/R/pkg/R/functions.R b/R/pkg/R/functions.R
index 5d7da69333644..9f7c6317cd924 100644
--- a/R/pkg/R/functions.R
+++ b/R/pkg/R/functions.R
@@ -1026,9 +1026,9 @@ setMethod("last_day",
           })
 
 #' @details
-#' \code{length}: Computes the character length of a given string or number of bytes
-#' of a binary string. The length of character strings include the trailing spaces.
-#' The length of binary strings includes binary zeros.
+#' \code{length}: Computes the character length of a string data or number of bytes
+#' of a binary data. The length of string data includes the trailing spaces.
+#' The length of binary data includes binary zeros.
 #'
 #' @rdname column_string_functions
 #' @aliases length length,Column-method
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
index 4f138df251015..05031f5ec87d7 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
@@ -1705,8 +1705,8 @@ def unhex(col):
 @ignore_unicode_prefix
 @since(1.5)
 def length(col):
-    """Computes the character length of a given string or number of bytes of a binary string.
-    The length of character strings include the trailing spaces. The length of binary strings
+    """Computes the character length of string data or number of bytes of binary data.
+    The length of character data includes the trailing spaces. The length of binary data
     includes binary zeros.
 
     >>> spark.createDataFrame([('ABC ',)], ['a']).select(length('a').alias('length')).collect()
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala
index af06b9eacd8b7..d7612e30b4c57 100755
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala
@@ -1653,11 +1653,10 @@ case class Left(str: Expression, len: Expression, child: Expression) extends Run
  * A function that returns the char length of the given string expression or
  * number of bytes of the given binary expression.
  */
-// scalastyle:off line.size.limit
 @ExpressionDescription(
-  usage = "_FUNC_(expr) - Returns the character length of `expr` or number of bytes in binary data. " +
-    "The length of character strings include the trailing spaces. The length of binary strings " +
-    "includes binary zeros.",
+  usage = "_FUNC_(expr) - Returns the character length of string data or number of bytes of " +
+    "binary data. The length of string data includes the trailing spaces. The length of binary " +
+    "data includes binary zeros.",
   examples = """
     Examples:
       > SELECT _FUNC_('Spark SQL ');
@@ -1667,7 +1666,6 @@ case class Left(str: Expression, len: Expression, child: Expression) extends Run
       > SELECT CHARACTER_LENGTH('Spark SQL ');
        10
   """)
-// scalastyle:on line.size.limit
 case class Length(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ImplicitCastInputTypes {
   override def dataType: DataType = IntegerType
   override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] = Seq(TypeCollection(StringType, BinaryType))
@@ -1689,7 +1687,7 @@ case class Length(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ImplicitCastIn
  * A function that returns the bit length of the given string or binary expression.
  */
 @ExpressionDescription(
-  usage = "_FUNC_(expr) - Returns the bit length of `expr` or number of bits in binary data.",
+  usage = "_FUNC_(expr) - Returns the bit length of string data or number of bits of binary data.",
   examples = """
     Examples:
       > SELECT _FUNC_('Spark SQL');
@@ -1718,7 +1716,8 @@ case class BitLength(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ImplicitCas
  * A function that returns the byte length of the given string or binary expression.
  */
 @ExpressionDescription(
-  usage = "_FUNC_(expr) - Returns the byte length of `expr` or number of bytes in binary data.",
+  usage = "_FUNC_(expr) - Returns the byte length of string data or number of bytes of binary " +
+    "data.",
   examples = """
     Examples:
       > SELECT _FUNC_('Spark SQL');