diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
index 70e24bd0e7ecd..6dbe63b564e69 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
@@ -309,9 +309,13 @@ private[spark] object UIUtils extends Logging {
       data: Iterable[T],
       fixedWidth: Boolean = false,
       id: Option[String] = None,
+      // When headerClasses is not empty, it should have the same length as headers parameter
       headerClasses: Seq[String] = Seq.empty,
       stripeRowsWithCss: Boolean = true,
-      sortable: Boolean = true): Seq[Node] = {
+      sortable: Boolean = true,
+      // The tooltip information could be None, which indicates header does not have a tooltip.
+      // When tooltipHeaders is not empty, it should have the same length as headers parameter
+      tooltipHeaders: Seq[Option[String]] = Seq.empty): Seq[Node] = {
 
     val listingTableClass = {
       val _tableClass = if (stripeRowsWithCss) TABLE_CLASS_STRIPED else TABLE_CLASS_NOT_STRIPED
@@ -332,6 +336,14 @@ private[spark] object UIUtils extends Logging {
       }
     }
 
+    def getTooltip(index: Int): Option[String] = {
+      if (index < tooltipHeaders.size) {
+        tooltipHeaders(index)
+      } else {
+        None
+      }
+    }
+
     val newlinesInHeader = headers.exists(_.contains("\n"))
     def getHeaderContent(header: String): Seq[Node] = {
       if (newlinesInHeader) {
@@ -345,7 +357,15 @@ private[spark] object UIUtils extends Logging {
 
     val headerRow: Seq[Node] = {
       headers.view.zipWithIndex.map { x =>
-        <th width={colWidthAttr} class={getClass(x._2)}>{getHeaderContent(x._1)}</th>
+        getTooltip(x._2) match {
+          case Some(tooltip) =>
+            <th width={colWidthAttr} class={getClass(x._2)}>
+              <span data-toggle="tooltip" title={tooltip}>
+                {getHeaderContent(x._1)}
+              </span>
+            </th>
+          case None => <th width={colWidthAttr} class={getClass(x._2)}>{getHeaderContent(x._1)}</th>
+        }
       }
     }
     <table class={listingTableClass} id={id.map(Text.apply)}>
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtilsSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtilsSuite.scala
index de105b6f188f5..82773e3cc6860 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtilsSuite.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.ui
 
 import scala.xml.{Node, Text}
+import scala.xml.Utility.trim
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 
@@ -129,6 +130,55 @@ class UIUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(decoded1 === decodeURLParameter(decoded1))
   }
 
+  test("listingTable with tooltips") {
+
+    def generateDataRowValue: String => Seq[Node] = row => <a>{row}</a>
+    val header = Seq("Header1", "Header2")
+    val data = Seq("Data1", "Data2")
+    val tooltip = Seq(None, Some("tooltip"))
+
+    val generated = listingTable(header, generateDataRowValue, data, tooltipHeaders = tooltip)
+
+    val expected: Node =
+      <table class="table table-bordered table-condensed table-striped sortable">
+        <thead>
+          <th width="" class="">{header(0)}</th>
+          <th width="" class="">
+              <span data-toggle="tooltip" title="tooltip">
+                {header(1)}
+              </span>
+          </th>
+        </thead>
+      <tbody>
+        {data.map(generateDataRowValue)}
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+
+    assert(trim(generated(0)) == trim(expected))
+  }
+
+  test("listingTable without tooltips") {
+
+    def generateDataRowValue: String => Seq[Node] = row => <a>{row}</a>
+    val header = Seq("Header1", "Header2")
+    val data = Seq("Data1", "Data2")
+
+    val generated = listingTable(header, generateDataRowValue, data)
+
+    val expected =
+      <table class="table table-bordered table-condensed table-striped sortable">
+        <thead>
+          <th width="" class="">{header(0)}</th>
+          <th width="" class="">{header(1)}</th>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+          {data.map(generateDataRowValue)}
+        </tbody>
+      </table>
+
+    assert(trim(generated(0)) == trim(expected))
+  }
+
   private def verify(
       desc: String,
       expected: Node,
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala
index 261e8fc912eb9..0232fdba97b74 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.HiveThriftServer2.{ExecutionInfo, ExecutionState, SessionInfo}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.ui.ToolTips._
 import org.apache.spark.ui._
 import org.apache.spark.ui.UIUtils._
 
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerPage(parent: ThriftServerTab) extends WebUIPage(""
     val table = if (numStatement > 0) {
       val headerRow = Seq("User", "JobID", "GroupID", "Start Time", "Finish Time", "Close Time",
         "Execution Time", "Duration", "Statement", "State", "Detail")
+      val tooltips = Seq(None, None, None, None, Some(THRIFT_SERVER_FINISH_TIME),
+        Some(THRIFT_SERVER_CLOSE_TIME), Some(THRIFT_SERVER_EXECUTION),
+        Some(THRIFT_SERVER_DURATION), None, None, None)
+      assert(headerRow.length == tooltips.length)
       val dataRows = listener.getExecutionList.sortBy(_.startTimestamp).reverse
 
       def generateDataRow(info: ExecutionInfo): Seq[Node] = {
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerPage(parent: ThriftServerTab) extends WebUIPage(""
       }
 
       Some(UIUtils.listingTable(headerRow, generateDataRow,
-        dataRows, false, None, Seq(null), false))
+        dataRows, false, None, Seq(null), false, tooltipHeaders = tooltips))
     } else {
       None
     }
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala
index 81df1304085e8..55804721fbb50 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.HiveThriftServer2.{ExecutionInfo, ExecutionState}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.ui.ToolTips._
 import org.apache.spark.ui._
 import org.apache.spark.ui.UIUtils._
 
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerSessionPage(parent: ThriftServerTab)
     val table = if (numStatement > 0) {
       val headerRow = Seq("User", "JobID", "GroupID", "Start Time", "Finish Time", "Close Time",
         "Execution Time", "Duration", "Statement", "State", "Detail")
+      val tooltips = Seq(None, None, None, None, Some(THRIFT_SERVER_FINISH_TIME),
+        Some(THRIFT_SERVER_CLOSE_TIME), Some(THRIFT_SERVER_EXECUTION),
+        Some(THRIFT_SERVER_DURATION), None, None, None)
+      assert(headerRow.length == tooltips.length)
       val dataRows = executionList.sortBy(_.startTimestamp).reverse
 
       def generateDataRow(info: ExecutionInfo): Seq[Node] = {
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerSessionPage(parent: ThriftServerTab)
       }
 
       Some(UIUtils.listingTable(headerRow, generateDataRow,
-        dataRows, false, None, Seq(null), false))
+        dataRows, false, None, Seq(null), false, tooltipHeaders = tooltips))
     } else {
       None
     }
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ToolTips.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ToolTips.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1990b8f2d3285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ToolTips.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.ui
+
+private[ui] object ToolTips {
+  val THRIFT_SERVER_FINISH_TIME =
+    "Execution finish time, before fetching the results"
+
+  val THRIFT_SERVER_CLOSE_TIME =
+    "Operation close time after fetching the results"
+
+  val THRIFT_SERVER_EXECUTION =
+    "Difference between start time and finish time"
+
+  val THRIFT_SERVER_DURATION =
+    "Difference between start time and close time"
+}