diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala
index b69d4411425d4..33b03be1138be 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class DataFrame private[sql](
     // For Data that has more than "_numRows" records
     if (hasMoreData) {
       val rowsString = if (_numRows == 1) "row" else "rows"
-      sb.append(s"only showing top $_numRows $rowsString\n")
+      sb.append(s"only showing top ${_numRows} $rowsString\n")
     }
 
     sb.toString()