Github user tgravescs commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/22121#discussion_r210917715
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+---
+layout: global
+title: Avro Data Source Guide
+---
+
+Since Spark 2.4 release, [Spark
SQL](https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-programming-guide.html) provides
support for reading and writing Avro data.
+
+## Deploying
+The <code>spark-avro</code> module is external and not included in
`spark-submit` or `spark-shell` by default.
+
+As with any Spark applications, `spark-submit` is used to launch your
application. `spark-avro_{{site.SCALA_BINARY_VERSION}}`
+and its dependencies can be directly added to `spark-submit` using
`--packages`, such as,
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should we also mention you can include with --jars if you build the jar?
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