diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
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--- a/docs/configuration.md
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@@ -1492,6 +1492,14 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
     higher memory usage in Spark.
   </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+  <td><code>spark.streaming.stopGracefullyOnShutdown</code></td>
+  <td>false</td>
+  <td>
+    If <code>true</code>, Spark shuts down the <code>StreamingContext</code> gracefully on JVM 
+    shutdown rather than immediately.
+  </td>
+</tr>
 <tr>
   <td><code>spark.streaming.kafka.maxRatePerPartition</code></td>
   <td>not set</td>