diff --git a/docs/streaming-kinesis-integration.md b/docs/streaming-kinesis-integration.md
index 9709bd3d6574..678b0643fd70 100644
--- a/docs/streaming-kinesis-integration.md
+++ b/docs/streaming-kinesis-integration.md
@@ -24,41 +24,58 @@ A Kinesis stream can be set up at one of the valid Kinesis endpoints with 1 or m
 	For Python applications, you will have to add this above library and its dependencies when deploying your application. See the *Deploying* subsection below.
 	**Note that by linking to this library, you will include [ASL](https://aws.amazon.com/asl/)-licensed code in your application.**
 
-2. **Programming:** In the streaming application code, import `KinesisUtils` and create the input DStream of byte array as follows:
+2. **Programming:** In the streaming application code, import `KinesisInputDStream` and create the input DStream of byte array as follows:
 
 	<div class="codetabs">
 	<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1">
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.Duration
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis._
-		import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream
-
-		val kinesisStream = KinesisUtils.createStream(
-			streamingContext, [Kinesis app name], [Kinesis stream name], [endpoint URL],
-			[region name], [initial position], [checkpoint interval], StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
-
-	See the [API docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisUtils$)
+            import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
+            import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisInputDStream
+            import org.apache.spark.streaming.{Seconds, StreamingContext}
+            import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream
+
+            val kinesisStream = KinesisInputDStream.builder
+                .streamingContext(streamingContext)
+                .endpointUrl([endpoint URL])
+                .regionName([region name])
+                .streamName([streamName])
+                .initialPositionInStream([initial position])
+                .checkpointAppName([Kinesis app name])
+                .checkpointInterval([checkpoint interval])
+                .storageLevel(StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
+                .build()
+
+	See the [API docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisInputDStream)
 	and the [example]({{site.SPARK_GITHUB_URL}}/tree/master/external/kinesis-asl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/KinesisWordCountASL.scala). Refer to the [Running the Example](#running-the-example) subsection for instructions on how to run the example.
 
 	</div>
 	<div data-lang="java" markdown="1">
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.Duration;
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.*;
-		import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream;
-
-		JavaReceiverInputDStream<byte[]> kinesisStream = KinesisUtils.createStream(
-			streamingContext, [Kinesis app name], [Kinesis stream name], [endpoint URL],
-			[region name], [initial position], [checkpoint interval], StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2);
+            import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
+            import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisInputDStream
+            import org.apache.spark.streaming.Seconds
+            import org.apache.spark.streaming.StreamingContext
+            import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream
+
+            KinesisInputDStream<byte[]> kinesisStream = KinesisInputDStream.builder
+                .streamingContext(streamingContext)
+                .endpointUrl([endpoint URL])
+                .regionName([region name])
+                .streamName([streamName])
+                .initialPositionInStream([initial position])
+                .checkpointAppName([Kinesis app name])
+                .checkpointInterval([checkpoint interval])
+                .storageLevel(StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
+                .build();
 
 	See the [API docs](api/java/index.html?org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisUtils.html)
 	and the [example]({{site.SPARK_GITHUB_URL}}/tree/master/external/kinesis-asl/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/JavaKinesisWordCountASL.java). Refer to the [Running the Example](#running-the-example) subsection for instructions to run the example.
 
 	</div>
 	<div data-lang="python" markdown="1">
-		from pyspark.streaming.kinesis import KinesisUtils, InitialPositionInStream
+            from pyspark.streaming.kinesis import KinesisUtils, InitialPositionInStream
 
-		kinesisStream = KinesisUtils.createStream(
-			streamingContext, [Kinesis app name], [Kinesis stream name], [endpoint URL],
-			[region name], [initial position], [checkpoint interval], StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
+            kinesisStream = KinesisUtils.createStream(
+                streamingContext, [Kinesis app name], [Kinesis stream name], [endpoint URL],
+                [region name], [initial position], [checkpoint interval], StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
 
 	See the [API docs](api/python/pyspark.streaming.html#pyspark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisUtils)
 	and the [example]({{site.SPARK_GITHUB_URL}}/tree/master/external/kinesis-asl/src/main/python/examples/streaming/kinesis_wordcount_asl.py). Refer to the [Running the Example](#running-the-example) subsection for instructions to run the example.
@@ -70,27 +87,40 @@ A Kinesis stream can be set up at one of the valid Kinesis endpoints with 1 or m
 
 	<div class="codetabs">
 	<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1">
-
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.Duration
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis._
-		import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream
-
-		val kinesisStream = KinesisUtils.createStream[T](
-			streamingContext, [Kinesis app name], [Kinesis stream name], [endpoint URL],
-			[region name], [initial position], [checkpoint interval], StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2,
-			[message handler])
+                import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
+                import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisInputDStream
+                import org.apache.spark.streaming.{Seconds, StreamingContext}
+                import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream
+
+                val kinesisStream = KinesisInputDStream.builder
+                    .streamingContext(streamingContext)
+                    .endpointUrl([endpoint URL])
+                    .regionName([region name])
+                    .streamName([streamName])
+                    .initialPositionInStream([initial position])
+                    .checkpointAppName([Kinesis app name])
+                    .checkpointInterval([checkpoint interval])
+                    .storageLevel(StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
+                    .buildWithMessageHandler([message handler])
 
 	</div>
 	<div data-lang="java" markdown="1">
-
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.Duration;
-		import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.*;
-		import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream;
-
-		JavaReceiverInputDStream<T> kinesisStream = KinesisUtils.createStream(
-			streamingContext, [Kinesis app name], [Kinesis stream name], [endpoint URL],
-			[region name], [initial position], [checkpoint interval], StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2,
-			[message handler], [class T]);
+                import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
+                import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisInputDStream
+                import org.apache.spark.streaming.Seconds
+                import org.apache.spark.streaming.StreamingContext
+                import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream
+
+                KinesisInputDStream<byte[]> kinesisStream = KinesisInputDStream.builder
+                    .streamingContext(streamingContext)
+                    .endpointUrl([endpoint URL])
+                    .regionName([region name])
+                    .streamName([streamName])
+                    .initialPositionInStream([initial position])
+                    .checkpointAppName([Kinesis app name])
+                    .checkpointInterval([checkpoint interval])
+                    .storageLevel(StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
+                    .buildWithMessageHandler([message handler]);
 
 	</div>
 	</div>
diff --git a/external/kinesis-asl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/KinesisWordCountASL.scala b/external/kinesis-asl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/KinesisWordCountASL.scala
index f14117b708a0..cde2c4b04c0c 100644
--- a/external/kinesis-asl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/KinesisWordCountASL.scala
+++ b/external/kinesis-asl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/KinesisWordCountASL.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import scala.util.Random
 
 import com.amazonaws.auth.DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain
-import com.amazonaws.regions.RegionUtils
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.AmazonKinesisClient
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.model.PutRecordRequest
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.{Milliseconds, StreamingContext}
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStream.toPairDStreamFunctions
-import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisUtils
+import org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisInputDStream
 
 
 /**
@@ -135,8 +134,16 @@ object KinesisWordCountASL extends Logging {
 
     // Create the Kinesis DStreams
     val kinesisStreams = (0 until numStreams).map { i =>
-      KinesisUtils.createStream(ssc, appName, streamName, endpointUrl, regionName,
-        InitialPositionInStream.LATEST, kinesisCheckpointInterval, StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
+      KinesisInputDStream.builder
+        .streamingContext(ssc)
+        .streamName(streamName)
+        .endpointUrl(endpointUrl)
+        .regionName(regionName)
+        .initialPositionInStream(InitialPositionInStream.LATEST)
+        .checkpointAppName(appName)
+        .checkpointInterval(kinesisCheckpointInterval)
+        .storageLevel(StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
+        .build()
     }
 
     // Union all the streams