diff --git a/docs/SparkContext.md b/docs/SparkContext.md
index cb2898da5b..61f69801ab 100644
--- a/docs/SparkContext.md
+++ b/docs/SparkContext.md
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ Multiple external cluster managers registered for the url [url]: [serviceLoaders
 
 `getClusterManager` is used when `SparkContext` is requested for a [SchedulerBackend and TaskScheduler](#createTaskScheduler).
 
-## <span id="runJob"> Running Job Synchronously
+## Running Job (Synchronously) { #runJob }
 
 ```scala
 runJob[T, U: ClassTag](
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ runJob[T, U: ClassTag](
   rdd: RDD[T],
   func: (TaskContext, Iterator[T]) => U,
   partitions: Seq[Int]): Array[U]
-runJob[T, U: ClassTag](
+runJob[T, U: ClassTag]( // (1)!
   rdd: RDD[T],
   func: (TaskContext, Iterator[T]) => U,
   partitions: Seq[Int],
@@ -386,9 +386,11 @@ runJob[T, U: ClassTag](
   partitions: Seq[Int]): Array[U]
 ```
 
+1. Requests the [DAGScheduler](#dagScheduler) to [run a job](scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#runJob)
+
 ![Executing action](images/spark-runjob.png)
 
-`runJob` finds the [call site](#getCallSite) and [cleans up](#clean) the given `func` function.
+`runJob` determines the [call site](#getCallSite) and [cleans up](#clean) the given `func` function.
 
 `runJob` prints out the following INFO message to the logs:
 
@@ -403,19 +405,23 @@ RDD's recursive dependencies:
 [toDebugString]
 ```
 
-`runJob` requests the [DAGScheduler](#dagScheduler) to [run a job](scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#runJob).
+`runJob` requests the [DAGScheduler](#dagScheduler) to [run a job](scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#runJob) with the following:
 
-`runJob` requests the [ConsoleProgressBar](#progressBar) to [finishAll](ConsoleProgressBar.md#finishAll) if defined.
+* The given `rdd`
+* The given `func` [cleaned up](#clean)
+* The given `partitions`
+* The [call site](#getCallSite)
+* The given `resultHandler` function (_procedure_)
+* The [local properties](#localProperties)
 
-In the end, `runJob` requests the given `RDD` to [doCheckpoint](rdd/RDD.md#doCheckpoint).
+!!! note
+    `runJob` is blocked until the job has finished (regardless of the result, successful or not).
 
-`runJob` throws an `IllegalStateException` when `SparkContext` is [stopped](#stopped):
+`runJob` requests the [ConsoleProgressBar](#progressBar) (if available) to [finishAll](ConsoleProgressBar.md#finishAll).
 
-```text
-SparkContext has been shutdown
-```
+In the end, `runJob` requests the given `RDD` to [doCheckpoint](rdd/RDD.md#doCheckpoint).
 
-### <span id="runJob-demo"> Demo
+### Demo { #runJob-demo }
 
 `runJob` is essentially executing a `func` function on all or a subset of partitions of an RDD and returning the result as an array (with elements being the results per partition).
 
@@ -495,6 +501,18 @@ maxNumConcurrentTasks(
 
 * `DAGScheduler` is requested to [checkBarrierStageWithNumSlots](scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#checkBarrierStageWithNumSlots)
 
+## withScope { #withScope }
+
+```scala
+withScope[U](
+  body: => U): U
+```
+
+`withScope` [withScope](rdd/RDDOperationScope.md#withScope) with this `SparkContext`.
+
+!!! note
+    `withScope` is used for most (if not all) `SparkContext` API operators.
+
 ## Logging
 
 Enable `ALL` logging level for `org.apache.spark.SparkContext` logger to see what happens inside.
diff --git a/docs/rdd/RDD.md b/docs/rdd/RDD.md
index a13b213127..0bcf909b73 100644
--- a/docs/rdd/RDD.md
+++ b/docs/rdd/RDD.md
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+---
+title: RDD
+subtitle: Resilient Distributed Dataset
+---
+
 # RDD &mdash; Description of Distributed Computation
 
 `RDD[T]` is an [abstraction](#contract) of [fault-tolerant resilient distributed datasets](#implementations) that are mere descriptions of computations over a distributed collection of records (of type `T`).
 
 ## Contract
 
-### <span id="compute"> Computing Partition
+### Computing Partition { #compute }
 
 ```scala
 compute(
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ Used when:
 
 * `RDD` is requested to [computeOrReadCheckpoint](#computeOrReadCheckpoint)
 
-### <span id="getPartitions"> getPartitions
+### getPartitions { #getPartitions }
 
 ```scala
 getPartitions: Array[Partition]
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ isBarrier(): Boolean
 * `ShuffleDependency` is requested to [canShuffleMergeBeEnabled](ShuffleDependency.md#canShuffleMergeBeEnabled)
 * `DAGScheduler` is requested to [checkBarrierStageWithRDDChainPattern](../scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#checkBarrierStageWithRDDChainPattern), [checkBarrierStageWithDynamicAllocation](../scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#checkBarrierStageWithDynamicAllocation), [checkBarrierStageWithNumSlots](../scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#checkBarrierStageWithNumSlots), [handleTaskCompletion](../scheduler/DAGScheduler.md#handleTaskCompletion) (`FetchFailed` case to mark a map stage as broken)
 
-### isBarrier_ { #isBarrier_ }
+### isBarrier\_ { #isBarrier_ }
 
 ```scala
 isBarrier_ : Boolean // (1)!
@@ -241,17 +246,26 @@ checkpointRDD: Option[CheckpointRDD[T]]
 
 `checkpointRDD` returns the [CheckpointRDD](RDDCheckpointData.md#checkpointRDD) of the [RDDCheckpointData](#checkpointData) (if defined and so this `RDD` checkpointed).
 
+---
+
 `checkpointRDD` is used when:
 
 * `RDD` is requested for the [dependencies](#dependencies), [partitions](#partitions) and [preferred locations](#preferredLocations) (all using _final_ methods!)
 
-## <span id="doCheckpoint"> doCheckpoint
+## doCheckpoint { #doCheckpoint }
 
 ```scala
 doCheckpoint(): Unit
 ```
 
-`doCheckpoint` executes in `checkpoint` scope.
+!!! note "RDD.doCheckpoint, SparkContext.runJob and Dataset.checkpoint"
+    `doCheckpoint` is called every time a Spark job is submitted (using [SparkContext.runJob](../SparkContext.md#runJob)).
+
+    I found it quite interesting at the very least.
+
+    `doCheckpoint` is triggered when `Dataset.checkpoint` operator ([Spark SQL]({{ book.spark_sql }}/Dataset/#checkpoint)) is executed (with `eager` flag on) which will likely trigger one or more Spark jobs on the underlying RDD anyway.
+
+`doCheckpoint` executes in [checkpoint](RDDOperationScope.md#withScope) scope.
 
 `doCheckpoint` turns the [doCheckpointCalled](#doCheckpointCalled) flag on (to prevent multiple executions).
 
@@ -382,6 +396,18 @@ rddToOrderedRDDFunctions[K : Ordering : ClassTag, V: ClassTag](
 * [RDD.sortBy](spark-rdd-transformations.md#sortBy)
 * [PairRDDFunctions.combineByKey](PairRDDFunctions.md#combineByKey)
 
+## withScope { #withScope }
+
+```scala
+withScope[U](
+  body: => U): U
+```
+
+`withScope` [withScope](RDDOperationScope.md#withScope) with this [SparkContext](#sc).
+
+!!! note
+    `withScope` is used for most (if not all) `RDD` API operators.
+
 <!---
 ## Review Me
 
diff --git a/docs/rdd/RDDOperationScope.md b/docs/rdd/RDDOperationScope.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..318d154eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/rdd/RDDOperationScope.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# RDDOperationScope
+
+## withScope { #withScope }
+
+```scala
+withScope[T](
+  sc: SparkContext,
+  name: String,
+  allowNesting: Boolean,
+  ignoreParent: Boolean)(
+  body: => T): T
+withScope[T](
+  sc: SparkContext,
+  allowNesting: Boolean = false)(
+  body: => T): T
+```
+
+??? note "name Argument"
+    Value | Caller
+    ------|-------
+    `checkpoint` | [RDD.doCheckpoint](RDD.md#doCheckpoint)
+    _Some_ method name | Executed without `name`
+    The name of a physical operator (with no `Exec` suffix) | `SparkPlan.executeQuery` ([Spark SQL]({{ book.spark_sql }}/physical-operators/SparkPlan/#executeQuery))
+
+`withScope`...FIXME
+
+---
+
+`withScope` is used when:
+
+* `RDD` is requested to [doCheckpoint](RDD.md#doCheckpoint) and [withScope](RDD.md#withScope) (for most, if not all, `RDD` API operators)
+* `SparkContext` is requested to [withScope](../SparkContext.md#withScope) (for most, if not all, `SparkContext` API operators)
+* `SparkPlan` ([Spark SQL]({{ book.spark_sql }}/physical-operators/SparkPlan/#executeQuery)) is requested to `executeQuery`
diff --git a/docs/scheduler/DAGScheduler.md b/docs/scheduler/DAGScheduler.md
index e78aecaec6..ff97bab82e 100644
--- a/docs/scheduler/DAGScheduler.md
+++ b/docs/scheduler/DAGScheduler.md
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ After an [action](../rdd/spark-rdd-actions.md) has been called on an `RDD`, [Spa
 * Determines the [preferred locations](#preferred-locations) to run each task on
 * Handles failures due to **shuffle output files** being lost
 
-DAGScheduler computes [a directed acyclic graph (DAG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_acyclic_graph) of stages for each job, keeps track of which RDDs and stage outputs are materialized, and finds a minimal schedule to run jobs. It then submits stages to [TaskScheduler](TaskScheduler.md).
+`DAGScheduler` computes [a directed acyclic graph (DAG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_acyclic_graph) of stages for each job, keeps track of which RDDs and stage outputs are materialized, and finds a minimal schedule to run jobs. It then submits stages to [TaskScheduler](TaskScheduler.md).
 
 ![DAGScheduler.submitJob](../images/scheduler/dagscheduler-submitjob.png)
 
-In addition to coming up with the execution DAG, DAGScheduler also determines the preferred locations to run each task on, based on the current cache status, and passes the information to [TaskScheduler](TaskScheduler.md).
+In addition to coming up with the execution DAG, `DAGScheduler` also determines the preferred locations to run each task on, based on the current cache status, and passes the information to [TaskScheduler](TaskScheduler.md).
 
-DAGScheduler tracks which rdd/spark-rdd-caching.md[RDDs are cached (or persisted)] to avoid "recomputing" them, i.e. redoing the map side of a shuffle. DAGScheduler remembers what ShuffleMapStage.md[ShuffleMapStage]s have already produced output files (that are stored in [BlockManager](../storage/BlockManager.md)s).
+`DAGScheduler` tracks which [RDDs are cached (or persisted)](../rdd/spark-rdd-caching.md) to avoid "recomputing" them (re-doing the map side of a shuffle). `DAGScheduler` remembers what [ShuffleMapStage](ShuffleMapStage.md)s have already produced output files (that are stored in [BlockManager](../storage/BlockManager.md)s).
 
-`DAGScheduler` is only interested in cache location coordinates, i.e. host and executor id, per partition of a RDD.
+`DAGScheduler` is only interested in cache location coordinates (i.e. host and executor id, per partition of a RDD).
 
-Furthermore, it handles failures due to shuffle output files being lost, in which case old stages may need to be resubmitted. Failures within a stage that are not caused by shuffle file loss are handled by the TaskScheduler itself, which will retry each task a small number of times before cancelling the whole stage.
+Furthermore, `DAGScheduler` handles failures due to shuffle output files being lost, in which case old stages may need to be resubmitted. Failures within a stage that are not caused by shuffle file loss are handled by the `TaskScheduler` itself, which will retry each task a small number of times before cancelling the whole stage.
 
-DAGScheduler uses an **event queue architecture** in which a thread can post `DAGSchedulerEvent` events, e.g. a new job or stage being submitted, that DAGScheduler reads and executes sequentially. See the section [Event Bus](#event-loop).
+`DAGScheduler` uses an **event queue architecture** in which a thread can post `DAGSchedulerEvent` events, e.g. a new job or stage being submitted, that `DAGScheduler` reads and executes sequentially. See the section [Event Bus](#event-loop).
 
-DAGScheduler runs stages in topological order.
+`DAGScheduler` runs stages in topological order.
 
-DAGScheduler uses [SparkContext](../SparkContext.md), [TaskScheduler](TaskScheduler.md), LiveListenerBus.md[], MapOutputTracker.md[MapOutputTracker] and storage:BlockManager.md[BlockManager] for its services. However, at the very minimum, DAGScheduler takes a `SparkContext` only (and requests `SparkContext` for the other services).
+`DAGScheduler` uses [SparkContext](../SparkContext.md), [TaskScheduler](TaskScheduler.md), [LiveListenerBus](LiveListenerBus.md), [MapOutputTracker](MapOutputTracker.md) and [BlockManager](../storage/BlockManager.md) for its services. However, at the very minimum, `DAGScheduler` takes a `SparkContext` only (and requests `SparkContext` for the other services).
 
-When DAGScheduler schedules a job as a result of rdd/index.md#actions[executing an action on a RDD] or [calling SparkContext.runJob() method directly](../SparkContext.md#runJob), it spawns parallel tasks to compute (partial) results per partition.
+When `DAGScheduler` schedules a job as a result of [executing an action on a RDD](../rdd/index.md#actions) or [calling SparkContext.runJob directly](../SparkContext.md#runJob), it spawns parallel tasks to compute (partial) results per partition.
 
 ## Creating Instance
 
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ submitMapStage[K, V, C](
 
 In the end, `submitMapStage` posts a [MapStageSubmitted](DAGSchedulerEvent.md#MapStageSubmitted) and returns the `JobWaiter`.
 
+---
+
 Used when:
 
 * `SparkContext` is requested to [submit a MapStage for execution](../SparkContext.md#submitMapStage)
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ Job [jobId] finished: [callSite], took [time] s
 Job [jobId] failed: [callSite], took [time] s
 ```
 
+---
+
 `runJob` is used when:
 
 * `SparkContext` is requested to [run a job](../SparkContext.md#runJob)
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index d28be70d65..6436fb0c34 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ nav:
     - NewHadoopRDD: rdd/NewHadoopRDD.md
     - ParallelCollectionRDD: rdd/ParallelCollectionRDD.md
     - RDD: rdd/RDD.md
+    - RDDOperationScope: rdd/RDDOperationScope.md
     - ReliableCheckpointRDD: rdd/ReliableCheckpointRDD.md
     - ShuffleDependency: rdd/ShuffleDependency.md
     - ShuffledRDD: rdd/ShuffledRDD.md