diff --git a/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst b/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst
index b020ac8f9d3c..00061118a749 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst
+++ b/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/hive.rst
@@ -865,6 +865,8 @@ as Hive. For example, converting the string ``'foo'`` to a number,
 or converting the string ``'1234'`` to a ``tinyint`` (which has a
 maximum value of ``127``).
 
+.. _hive_avro_schema:
+
 Avro schema evolution
 ---------------------
 
@@ -984,6 +986,109 @@ Procedures
   Flush Hive metadata cache entries connected with selected partition.
   Procedure requires named parameters to be passed
 
+.. _hive_table_properties:
+
+Table properties
+----------------
+
+Table properties supply or set metadata for the underlying tables. This
+is key for :doc:`/sql/create-table-as` statements. Table properties are passed
+to the connector using a :doc:`WITH </sql/create-table-as>` clause::
+
+  CREATE TABLE tablename 
+  WITH (format='CSV', 
+        csv_escape = '"')
+
+See the :ref:`hive_examples` for more information.
+
+.. list-table:: Hive connector table properties
+  :widths: 20, 60, 20
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Property name
+    - Description
+    - Default
+  * - ``auto_purge``
+    - Indicates to the configured metastore to perform a purge when a table or 
+      partition is deleted instead of a soft deletion using the trash.
+    -
+  * - ``avro_schema_url``
+    - The URI pointing to :ref:`hive_avro_schema` for the table.
+    -
+  * - ``bucket_count``
+    - The number of buckets to group data into. Only valid if used with
+      ``bucketed_by``.
+    - 0
+  * - ``bucketed_by``
+    - The bucketing column for the storage table. Only valid if used with 
+      ``bucket_count``.
+    - ``[]``
+  * - ``bucketing_version``
+    - Specifies which Hive bucketing version to use. Valid values are ``1`` 
+      or ``2``.
+    -
+  * - ``csv_escape``
+    - The CSV escape character. Requires CSV format.
+    -
+  * - ``csv_quote``
+    - The CSV quote character. Requires CSV format.
+    -
+  * - ``csv_separator``
+    - The CSV separator character. Requires CSV format.
+    -
+  * - ``external_location``
+    - The URI for an external Hive table on S3, Azure Blob Storage, etc. See the
+      :ref:`hive_examples` for more information.
+    -
+  * - ``format``
+    - The table file format. Valid values include ``ORC``, ``PARQUET``, ``AVRO``, 
+      ``RCBINARY``, ``RCTEXT``, ``SEQUENCEFILE``, ``JSON``, ``TEXTFILE``, and 
+      ``CSV``. The catalog property ``hive.storage-format`` sets the default 
+      value and can change it to a different default.
+    - 
+  * - ``null_format``
+    - The serialization format for ``NULL`` value. Requires TextFile, RCText, 
+      or SequenceFile format.
+    -
+  * - ``orc_bloom_filter_columns``
+    - Comma separated list of columns to use for ORC bloom filter. It improves 
+      the performance of queries using range predicates when reading ORC files. 
+      Requires ORC format.
+    - ``[]``
+  * - ``orc_bloom_filter_fpp``
+    - The ORC bloom filters false positive probability. Requires ORC format.
+    - 0.05
+  * - ``partitioned_by``
+    - The partitioning column for the storage table. The columns listed in the 
+      ``partitioned_by`` clause must be the last columns as defined in the DDL. 
+    - ``[]``
+  * - ``skip_footer_line_count``
+    - The number of footer lines to ignore when parsing the file for data.  
+      Requires TextFile or CSV format tables.
+    - 
+  * - ``skip_header_line_count``
+    - The number of header lines to ignore when parsing the file for data. 
+      Requires TextFile or CSV format tables.
+    -
+  * - ``sorted_by``
+    - The column to sort by to determine bucketing for row. Only valid if 
+      ``bucketed_by`` and ``bucket_count`` are specified as well.
+    - ``[]``
+  * - ``textfile_field_separator``
+    - Allows the use of custom field separators, such as '|', for TextFile 
+      formatted tables.
+    - 
+  * - ``textfile_field_separator_escape``
+    - Allows the use of a custom escape character for TextFile formatted tables.
+    - 
+  * - ``transactional``
+    - Set this property to ``true`` to create an ORC ACID transactional table. 
+      Requires ORC format. This property may be shown as true for insert-only 
+      tables created using older versions of Hive.
+    - 
+
+.. _hive_special_columns:
+
 Special columns
 ---------------
 
@@ -1014,11 +1119,10 @@ Retrieve all records that belong to files stored in the partition
     FROM hive.web.page_views
     WHERE "$partition" = 'ds=2016-08-09/country=US'
 
-Special tables
-----------------
+.. _hive_special_tables:
 
-Table properties
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Special tables
+--------------
 
 The raw Hive table properties are available as a hidden table, containing a
 separate column per table property, with a single row containing the property
@@ -1029,6 +1133,8 @@ You can inspect the property names and values with a simple query::
 
     SELECT * FROM hive.web."page_views$properties";
 
+.. _hive_examples:
+
 Examples
 --------