diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala
index 603d53a295609..5d09d120e486e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala
@@ -370,21 +370,26 @@ case class FileSourceScanExec(
         "DataFilters" -> seqToString(dataFilters),
         "Location" -> locationDesc)
 
-    // TODO(SPARK-32986): Add bucketed scan info in explain output of FileSourceScanExec
-    if (bucketedScan) {
-      relation.bucketSpec.map { spec =>
+    relation.bucketSpec.map { spec =>
+      val bucketedKey = "Bucketed"
+      if (bucketedScan) {
         val numSelectedBuckets = optionalBucketSet.map { b =>
           b.cardinality()
         } getOrElse {
           spec.numBuckets
         }
-        metadata + ("SelectedBucketsCount" ->
-          (s"$numSelectedBuckets out of ${spec.numBuckets}" +
+        metadata ++ Map(
+          bucketedKey -> "true",
+          "SelectedBucketsCount" -> (s"$numSelectedBuckets out of ${spec.numBuckets}" +
             optionalNumCoalescedBuckets.map { b => s" (Coalesced to $b)"}.getOrElse("")))
-      } getOrElse {
-        metadata
+      } else if (!relation.sparkSession.sessionState.conf.bucketingEnabled) {
+        metadata + (bucketedKey -> "false (disabled by configuration)")
+      } else if (disableBucketedScan) {
+        metadata + (bucketedKey -> "false (disabled by query planner)")
+      } else {
+        metadata + (bucketedKey -> "false (bucket column(s) not read)")
       }
-    } else {
+    } getOrElse {
       metadata
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ExplainSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ExplainSuite.scala
index 396d227218ab8..688ded0c3eb39 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ExplainSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ExplainSuite.scala
@@ -677,6 +677,33 @@ class ExplainSuiteAE extends ExplainSuiteHelper with EnableAdaptiveExecutionSuit
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-32986: Bucketed scan info should be a part of explain string") {
+    withTable("t1", "t2") {
+      Seq((1, 2), (2, 3)).toDF("i", "j").write.bucketBy(8, "i").saveAsTable("t1")
+      Seq(2, 3).toDF("i").write.bucketBy(8, "i").saveAsTable("t2")
+      val df1 = spark.table("t1")
+      val df2 = spark.table("t2")
+
+      withSQLConf(SQLConf.AUTO_BROADCASTJOIN_THRESHOLD.key -> "0") {
+        checkKeywordsExistsInExplain(
+          df1.join(df2, df1("i") === df2("i")),
+          "Bucketed: true")
+      }
+
+      withSQLConf(SQLConf.BUCKETING_ENABLED.key -> "false") {
+        checkKeywordsExistsInExplain(
+          df1.join(df2, df1("i") === df2("i")),
+          "Bucketed: false (disabled by configuration)")
+      }
+
+      checkKeywordsExistsInExplain(df1, "Bucketed: false (disabled by query planner)" )
+
+      checkKeywordsExistsInExplain(
+        df1.select("j"),
+        "Bucketed: false (bucket column(s) not read)")
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 case class ExplainSingleData(id: Int)