diff --git a/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketch.java b/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketch.java
index 189a8f7ecdb09..67938644d9f6c 100644
--- a/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketch.java
+++ b/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketch.java
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ public int getVersionNumber() {
    * Note that only Count-Min sketches with the same {@code depth}, {@code width}, and random seed
    * can be merged.
    *
-   * @exception CountMinSketchMergeException if the {@code other} {@link CountMinSketch} has
+   * @exception IncompatibleMergeException if the {@code other} {@link CountMinSketch} has
    *            incompatible depth, width, relative-error, confidence, or random seed.
    */
   public abstract CountMinSketch mergeInPlace(CountMinSketch other)
-      throws CountMinSketchMergeException;
+      throws IncompatibleMergeException;
 
   /**
    * Writes out this {@link CountMinSketch} to an output stream in binary format.
diff --git a/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchImpl.java b/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchImpl.java
index 2ea57ea59e3dd..8ea716df4a5cf 100644
--- a/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchImpl.java
+++ b/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchImpl.java
@@ -287,27 +287,29 @@ private long estimateCountForStringItem(String item) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public CountMinSketch mergeInPlace(CountMinSketch other) throws CountMinSketchMergeException {
+  public CountMinSketch mergeInPlace(CountMinSketch other) throws IncompatibleMergeException {
     if (other == null) {
-      throw new CountMinSketchMergeException("Cannot merge null estimator");
+      throw new IncompatibleMergeException("Cannot merge null estimator");
     }
 
     if (!(other instanceof CountMinSketchImpl)) {
-      throw new CountMinSketchMergeException("Cannot merge estimator of class " + other.getClass().getName());
+      throw new IncompatibleMergeException(
+          "Cannot merge estimator of class " + other.getClass().getName()
+      );
     }
 
     CountMinSketchImpl that = (CountMinSketchImpl) other;
 
     if (this.depth != that.depth) {
-      throw new CountMinSketchMergeException("Cannot merge estimators of different depth");
+      throw new IncompatibleMergeException("Cannot merge estimators of different depth");
     }
 
     if (this.width != that.width) {
-      throw new CountMinSketchMergeException("Cannot merge estimators of different width");
+      throw new IncompatibleMergeException("Cannot merge estimators of different width");
     }
 
     if (!Arrays.equals(this.hashA, that.hashA)) {
-      throw new CountMinSketchMergeException("Cannot merge estimators of different seed");
+      throw new IncompatibleMergeException("Cannot merge estimators of different seed");
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < this.table.length; ++i) {
diff --git a/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchMergeException.java b/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/IncompatibleMergeException.java
similarity index 88%
rename from common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchMergeException.java
rename to common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/IncompatibleMergeException.java
index e751556421bb1..64b567caa57c1 100644
--- a/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchMergeException.java
+++ b/common/sketch/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/IncompatibleMergeException.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.util.sketch;
 
-public class CountMinSketchMergeException extends Exception {
-  public CountMinSketchMergeException(String message) {
+public class IncompatibleMergeException extends Exception {
+  public IncompatibleMergeException(String message) {
     super(message);
   }
 }
diff --git a/common/sketch/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchSuite.scala b/common/sketch/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchSuite.scala
index 631f79b71e2c4..be4984e9cb304 100644
--- a/common/sketch/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchSuite.scala
+++ b/common/sketch/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/sketch/CountMinSketchSuite.scala
@@ -134,17 +134,17 @@ class CountMinSketchSuite extends FunSuite { // scalastyle:ignore funsuite
   testItemType[String]("String") { r => r.nextString(r.nextInt(20)) }
 
   test("incompatible merge") {
-    intercept[CountMinSketchMergeException] {
+    intercept[IncompatibleMergeException] {
       CountMinSketch.create(10, 10, 1).mergeInPlace(null)
     }
 
-    intercept[CountMinSketchMergeException] {
+    intercept[IncompatibleMergeException] {
       val sketch1 = CountMinSketch.create(10, 20, 1)
       val sketch2 = CountMinSketch.create(10, 20, 2)
       sketch1.mergeInPlace(sketch2)
     }
 
-    intercept[CountMinSketchMergeException] {
+    intercept[IncompatibleMergeException] {
       val sketch1 = CountMinSketch.create(10, 10, 1)
       val sketch2 = CountMinSketch.create(10, 20, 2)
       sketch1.mergeInPlace(sketch2)