diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java
index ab78ae5ecd859..4c3ecbe898d1b 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ public JdbcToArrowConfig(BaseAllocator allocator, Calendar calendar) {
     this.includeMetadata = false;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new configuration from the provided allocator and calendar.  The <code>allocator</code>
+   * is used when constructing the Arrow vectors from the ResultSet, and the calendar is used to define
+   * Arrow Timestamp fields, and to read time-based fields from the JDBC <code>ResultSet</code>. 
+   *
+   * @param allocator       The memory allocator to construct the Arrow vectors with.
+   * @param calendar        The calendar to use when constructing Timestamp fields and reading time-based results.
+   * @param includeMetadata Whether to include JDBC field metadata in the Arrow Schema Field metadata.
+   */
   public JdbcToArrowConfig(BaseAllocator allocator, Calendar calendar, boolean includeMetadata) {
     this(allocator, calendar);
     this.includeMetadata = includeMetadata;
@@ -75,6 +84,7 @@ public Calendar getCalendar() {
    * Arrow schema, and reading time-based fields from the JDBC <code>ResultSet</code>.
    *
    * @param calendar the calendar to set.
+   * @return This instance of the <code>JdbcToArrowConfig</code>, for chaining.
    * @exception NullPointerExeption if <code>calendar</code> is <code>null</code>.
    */
   public JdbcToArrowConfig setCalendar(Calendar calendar) {
@@ -95,6 +105,7 @@ public BaseAllocator getAllocator() {
    * Sets the memory allocator to use when construting the Arrow vectors from the ResultSet.
    *
    * @param allocator the allocator to set.
+   * @return This instance of the <code>JdbcToArrowConfig</code>, for chaining.
    * @exception NullPointerException if <code>allocator</code> is null.
    */
   public JdbcToArrowConfig setAllocator(BaseAllocator allocator) {
@@ -103,10 +114,26 @@ public JdbcToArrowConfig setAllocator(BaseAllocator allocator) {
     return this;
   }
 
-  public boolean includeMetadata() {
+  /**
+   * Whether to include JDBC ResultSet field metadata in the Arrow Schema field metadata.
+   *
+   * @return <code>true</code> to include field metadata, <code>false</code> to exclude it.
+   */
+  public boolean getIncludeMetadata() {
     return includeMetadata;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sets whether to include JDBC ResultSet field metadata in the Arrow Schema field metadata.
+   *
+   * @param includeMetadata Whether to include or exclude JDBC metadata in the Arrow Schema field metadata.
+   * @return This instance of the <code>JdbcToArrowConfig</code>, for chaining.
+   */
+  public JdbcToArrowConfig setIncludeMetadata(boolean includeMetadata) {
+    this.includeMetadata = includeMetadata;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Whether this configuration is valid.  The configuration is valid when:
    * <ul>
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java
index 09524c7791884..3a21115e96fda 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public static Schema jdbcToArrowSchema(ResultSetMetaData rsmd, JdbcToArrowConfig
       final FieldType fieldType;
 
       final Map<String, String> metadata;
-      if (config.includeMetadata()) {
+      if (config.getIncludeMetadata()) {
         metadata = new HashMap<String, String>();
         metadata.put(JdbcToArrow.SQL_CATALOG_NAME_KEY, rsmd.getCatalogName(i));
         metadata.put(JdbcToArrow.SQL_TABLE_NAME_KEY, rsmd.getTableName(i));
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java
index 116fa46fd548d..27e0180dbd854 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java
@@ -75,4 +75,24 @@ public void testConfig() {
     assertTrue(newAllocator == config.getAllocator());
     assertTrue(newCalendar == config.getCalendar());
   }
+
+  @Test public void testIncludeMetadata() {
+    JdbcToArrowConfig config = new JdbcToArrowConfig(allocator, calendar);
+    assertTrue(config.isValid());
+    assertFalse(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+
+    config.setIncludeMetadata(true);
+    assertTrue(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+
+    config.setIncludeMetadata(false);
+    assertFalse(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+
+    config = new JdbcToArrowConfig(allocator, calendar, true);
+    assertTrue(config.isValid());
+    assertTrue(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+
+    config = new JdbcToArrowConfig(allocator, calendar, false);
+    assertTrue(config.isValid());
+    assertFalse(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+  }
 }