diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala
index ef3057301721..0d10f59e4f0d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala
@@ -43,24 +43,30 @@ import org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedSQLTest
  *
  * To run the entire test suite:
  * {{{
- *   build/sbt "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite"
+ *   build/sbt -Phive-1.2 "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite"
  * }}}
  *
  * To run a single test file upon change:
  * {{{
- *   build/sbt "~sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite -- -z inline-table.sql"
+ *   build/sbt -Phive-1.2 "~sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite -- -z inline-table.sql"
  * }}}
  *
  * To re-generate golden files for entire suite, run:
  * {{{
- *   SPARK_GENERATE_GOLDEN_FILES=1 build/sbt "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite"
+ *   SPARK_GENERATE_GOLDEN_FILES=1 build/sbt -Phive-1.2 "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite"
  * }}}
  *
  * To re-generate golden file for a single test, run:
  * {{{
- *   SPARK_GENERATE_GOLDEN_FILES=1 build/sbt "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite -- -z describe.sql"
+ *   SPARK_GENERATE_GOLDEN_FILES=1 build/sbt -Phive-1.2 "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite --
+ *   -z describe.sql"
  * }}}
  *
+ * Change profiles:
+ * We use `hadoop-2.7` as default now, so the above scripts is equivalent to
+ * `-Phadoop-2.7 -Phive-1.2`. You can change profiles to `-Phadoop-3.2 -Phive-2.3` to verify higher
+ * hadoop and hive versions.
+ *
  * The format for input files is simple:
  *  1. A list of SQL queries separated by semicolon.
  *  2. Lines starting with -- are treated as comments and ignored.
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala
index 7c48579fd2ca..ec0fd7af9506 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala
@@ -41,13 +41,19 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
  * To run the entire test suite:
  * {{{
  *   build/sbt "hive-thriftserver/test-only *ThriftServerQueryTestSuite" -Phive-thriftserver
+ *   -Phive-1.2
  * }}}
  *
  * This test suite won't generate golden files. To re-generate golden files for entire suite, run:
  * {{{
- *   SPARK_GENERATE_GOLDEN_FILES=1 build/sbt "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite"
+ *   SPARK_GENERATE_GOLDEN_FILES=1 build/sbt -Phive-1.2 "sql/test-only *SQLQueryTestSuite"
  * }}}
  *
+ * Change profiles:
+ * We use `hadoop-2.7` as default now, so the above scripts is equivalent to
+ * `-Phadoop-2.7 -Phive-1.2`. You can change profiles to `-Phadoop-3.2 -Phive-2.3` to verify higher
+ * hadoop and hive versions.
+ *
  * TODO:
  *   1. Support UDF testing.
  *   2. Support DESC command.