diff --git a/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBClient.java b/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBClient.java
index 294fa096c4..f92e1499c9 100644
--- a/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBClient.java
+++ b/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBClient.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  *
  * <br>
  * This interface expects a schema <key> <field1> <field2> <field3> ... All
- * attributes are of type VARCHAR. All accesses are through the primary key.
+ * attributes are of type TEXT. All accesses are through the primary key.
  * Therefore, only one index on the primary key is needed.
  */
 public class JdbcDBClient extends DB {
diff --git a/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java b/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java
index 8dfb26ddef..d1128eb6b9 100644
--- a/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java
+++ b/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ private static void createTable(Properties props, String tablename) throws SQLEx
       for (int idx = 0; idx < fieldcount; idx++) {
         sql.append(", FIELD");
         sql.append(idx);
-        sql.append(" VARCHAR");
+        sql.append(" TEXT");
       }
       sql.append(");");