diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/scalar.rs b/datafusion/common/src/scalar.rs
index fd1ceb5fad78..21cd50dea8c7 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/scalar.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/scalar.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use crate::utils::array_into_list_array;
 use arrow::buffer::{NullBuffer, OffsetBuffer};
 use arrow::compute::kernels::numeric::*;
 use arrow::datatypes::{i256, Fields, SchemaBuilder};
+use arrow::util::display::{ArrayFormatter, FormatOptions};
 use arrow::{
     array::*,
     compute::kernels::cast::{cast_with_options, CastOptions},
@@ -2931,12 +2932,14 @@ impl fmt::Display for ScalarValue {
                 )?,
                 None => write!(f, "NULL")?,
             },
-            ScalarValue::List(arr) | ScalarValue::FixedSizeList(arr) => write!(
-                f,
-                "{}",
-                arrow::util::pretty::pretty_format_columns("col", &[arr.to_owned()])
-                    .unwrap()
-            )?,
+            ScalarValue::List(arr) | ScalarValue::FixedSizeList(arr) => {
+                // ScalarValue List should always have a single element
+                assert_eq!(arr.len(), 1);
+                let options = FormatOptions::default().with_display_error(true);
+                let formatter = ArrayFormatter::try_new(arr, &options).unwrap();
+                let value_formatter = formatter.value(0);
+                write!(f, "{value_formatter}")?
+            }
             ScalarValue::Date32(e) => format_option!(f, e)?,
             ScalarValue::Date64(e) => format_option!(f, e)?,
             ScalarValue::Time32Second(e) => format_option!(f, e)?,
@@ -3011,8 +3014,10 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ScalarValue {
             }
             ScalarValue::LargeBinary(None) => write!(f, "LargeBinary({self})"),
             ScalarValue::LargeBinary(Some(_)) => write!(f, "LargeBinary(\"{self}\")"),
-            ScalarValue::FixedSizeList(arr) => write!(f, "FixedSizeList([{arr:?}])"),
-            ScalarValue::List(arr) => write!(f, "List([{arr:?}])"),
+            ScalarValue::FixedSizeList(_) => write!(f, "FixedSizeList({self})"),
+            ScalarValue::List(_) => {
+                write!(f, "List({self})")
+            }
             ScalarValue::Date32(_) => write!(f, "Date32(\"{self}\")"),
             ScalarValue::Date64(_) => write!(f, "Date64(\"{self}\")"),
             ScalarValue::Time32Second(_) => write!(f, "Time32Second(\"{self}\")"),
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/explain.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/explain.slt
index 129814767ca2..c8eff2f301aa 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/explain.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/explain.slt
@@ -362,3 +362,28 @@ GlobalLimitExec: skip=0, fetch=10, statistics=[Rows=Exact(8), Bytes=Absent, [(Co
 
 statement ok
 set datafusion.execution.collect_statistics = false;
+
+# Explain ArrayFuncions
+
+statement ok
+set datafusion.explain.physical_plan_only = false
+
+query TT
+explain select make_array(make_array(1, 2, 3), make_array(4, 5, 6));
+----
+logical_plan
+Projection: List([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]) AS make_array(make_array(Int64(1),Int64(2),Int64(3)),make_array(Int64(4),Int64(5),Int64(6)))
+--EmptyRelation
+physical_plan
+ProjectionExec: expr=[[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]] as make_array(make_array(Int64(1),Int64(2),Int64(3)),make_array(Int64(4),Int64(5),Int64(6)))]
+--EmptyExec: produce_one_row=true
+
+query TT
+explain select [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]];
+----
+logical_plan
+Projection: List([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]) AS make_array(make_array(Int64(1),Int64(2),Int64(3)),make_array(Int64(4),Int64(5),Int64(6)))
+--EmptyRelation
+physical_plan
+ProjectionExec: expr=[[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]] as make_array(make_array(Int64(1),Int64(2),Int64(3)),make_array(Int64(4),Int64(5),Int64(6)))]
+--EmptyExec: produce_one_row=true