diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index f101a180ea5a..883ca62ae22b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmit extends Logging {
         confKey = EXECUTOR_CORES.key),
       OptionAssigner(args.executorMemory, STANDALONE | YARN | KUBERNETES, ALL_DEPLOY_MODES,
         confKey = EXECUTOR_MEMORY.key),
-      OptionAssigner(args.totalExecutorCores, STANDALONE | KUBERNETES, ALL_DEPLOY_MODES,
+      OptionAssigner(args.totalExecutorCores, STANDALONE, ALL_DEPLOY_MODES,
         confKey = CORES_MAX.key),
       OptionAssigner(args.files, LOCAL | STANDALONE | KUBERNETES, ALL_DEPLOY_MODES,
         confKey = FILES.key),
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 bd6507c8ac49..534c14000614 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ private[deploy] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, S
         |  --kill SUBMISSION_ID        If given, kills the driver specified.
         |  --status SUBMISSION_ID      If given, requests the status of the driver specified.
         |
-        | Spark standalone and Kubernetes only:
+        | Spark standalone only:
         |  --total-executor-cores NUM  Total cores for all executors.
         |
         | Spark standalone, YARN and Kubernetes only: