diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala
index 9ccd6792e5da43c714b9be443cb7c19ee20aec01..b937a8a9f375b4b9d3f2c5068c60c25a2f199584 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/tables.scala
@@ -522,15 +522,15 @@ case class DescribeTableCommand(
         throw new AnalysisException(
           s"DESC PARTITION is not allowed on a temporary view: ${table.identifier}")
       }
-      describeSchema(catalog.lookupRelation(table).schema, result)
+      describeSchema(catalog.lookupRelation(table).schema, result, header = false)
     } else {
       val metadata = catalog.getTableMetadata(table)
       if (metadata.schema.isEmpty) {
         // In older version(prior to 2.1) of Spark, the table schema can be empty and should be
         // inferred at runtime. We should still support it.
-        describeSchema(sparkSession.table(metadata.identifier).schema, result)
+        describeSchema(sparkSession.table(metadata.identifier).schema, result, header = false)
       } else {
-        describeSchema(metadata.schema, result)
+        describeSchema(metadata.schema, result, header = false)
       }
 
       describePartitionInfo(metadata, result)
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ case class DescribeTableCommand(
   private def describePartitionInfo(table: CatalogTable, buffer: ArrayBuffer[Row]): Unit = {
     if (table.partitionColumnNames.nonEmpty) {
       append(buffer, "# Partition Information", "", "")
-      describeSchema(table.partitionSchema, buffer)
+      describeSchema(table.partitionSchema, buffer, header = true)
     }
   }
 
@@ -601,8 +601,13 @@ case class DescribeTableCommand(
     table.storage.toLinkedHashMap.foreach(s => append(buffer, s._1, s._2, ""))
   }
 
-  private def describeSchema(schema: StructType, buffer: ArrayBuffer[Row]): Unit = {
-    append(buffer, s"# ${output.head.name}", output(1).name, output(2).name)
+  private def describeSchema(
+      schema: StructType,
+      buffer: ArrayBuffer[Row],
+      header: Boolean): Unit = {
+    if (header) {
+      append(buffer, s"# ${output.head.name}", output(1).name, output(2).name)
+    }
     schema.foreach { column =>
       append(buffer, column.name, column.dataType.simpleString, column.getComment().orNull)
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/change-column.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/change-column.sql.out
index 678a3f0f0a3c64e2ba59a537bb96e788484079e6..ba8bc936f0c7925a626e095e149b31315d14b2db 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/change-column.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/change-column.sql.out
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 1 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 1 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	                    
 b                   	string              	                    
 c                   	int
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 3 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 3 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	                    
 b                   	string              	                    
 c                   	int
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 5 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 5 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	                    
 b                   	string              	                    
 c                   	int
@@ -94,7 +91,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 8 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 8 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	                    
 b                   	string              	                    
 c                   	int
@@ -129,7 +125,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 12 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 12 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	this is column a    
 b                   	string              	#*02?`              
 c                   	int
@@ -148,7 +143,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 14 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 14 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	this is column a    
 b                   	string              	#*02?`              
 c                   	int
@@ -168,7 +162,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 16 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 16 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	this is column a    
 b                   	string              	#*02?`              
 c                   	int
@@ -193,7 +186,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 18 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 18 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	this is column a    
 b                   	string              	#*02?`              
 c                   	int
@@ -237,7 +229,6 @@ DESC test_change
 -- !query 23 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 23 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	int                 	this is column A    
 b                   	string              	#*02?`              
 c                   	int
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe-table-after-alter-table.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe-table-after-alter-table.sql.out
index 1cc11c475bc4069064ec5e3d12995b7d86ca3f3a..eece00d603db4eab389e27d6da90ebbd852d8d0b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe-table-after-alter-table.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe-table-after-alter-table.sql.out
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED table_with_comment
 -- !query 1 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 1 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED table_with_comment
 -- !query 3 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 3 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED table_comment
 -- !query 6 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 6 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
                     	                    	                    
@@ -111,7 +108,6 @@ DESC formatted table_comment
 -- !query 8 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 8 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
                     	                    	                    
@@ -139,7 +135,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED table_comment
 -- !query 10 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 10 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
                     	                    	                    
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe.sql.out
index de10b29f3c65b58c6977d6c9fc8b76320c4b2b2f..46d32bbc522476091e99201bdf0f8a0851de8ddd 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/describe.sql.out
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ DESCRIBE t
 -- !query 5 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 5 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ DESC default.t
 -- !query 6 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 6 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ DESC TABLE t
 -- !query 7 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 7 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -102,7 +99,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED t
 -- !query 8 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 8 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -132,7 +128,6 @@ DESC EXTENDED t
 -- !query 9 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 9 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -162,7 +157,6 @@ DESC t PARTITION (c='Us', d=1)
 -- !query 10 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 10 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -178,7 +172,6 @@ DESC EXTENDED t PARTITION (c='Us', d=1)
 -- !query 11 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 11 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -206,7 +199,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED t PARTITION (c='Us', d=1)
 -- !query 12 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 12 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -268,7 +260,6 @@ DESC temp_v
 -- !query 16 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 16 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -280,7 +271,6 @@ DESC TABLE temp_v
 -- !query 17 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 17 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -292,7 +282,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED temp_v
 -- !query 18 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 18 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -304,7 +293,6 @@ DESC EXTENDED temp_v
 -- !query 19 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 19 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -316,7 +304,6 @@ DESC temp_Data_Source_View
 -- !query 20 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 20 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 intType             	int                 	test comment test1  
 stringType          	string              	                    
 dateType            	date                	                    
@@ -349,7 +336,6 @@ DESC v
 -- !query 22 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 22 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -361,7 +347,6 @@ DESC TABLE v
 -- !query 23 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 23 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -373,7 +358,6 @@ DESC FORMATTED v
 -- !query 24 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 24 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
@@ -396,7 +380,6 @@ DESC EXTENDED v
 -- !query 25 schema
 struct<col_name:string,data_type:string,comment:string>
 -- !query 25 output
-# col_name          	data_type           	comment             
 a                   	string              	                    
 b                   	int                 	                    
 c                   	string              	                    
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala
index ab931b94987d3ea8798b0d488b4cd876c7040d49..aca964907d4cd47bea11509f1192a679b4b5dd6d 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ class HiveDDLSuite
 
       checkAnswer(
         sql(s"DESC $tabName").select("col_name", "data_type", "comment"),
-        Row("# col_name", "data_type", "comment") :: Row("a", "int", "test") :: Nil
+        Row("a", "int", "test") :: Nil
       )
     }
   }