diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LocalRelation.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LocalRelation.scala
index 5813b74c77..87b8647655 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LocalRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LocalRelation.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ case class LocalRelation(output: Seq[Attribute], data: Seq[InternalRow] = Nil)
     LocalRelation(output.map(_.newInstance()), data).asInstanceOf[this.type]
   }
 
-  override protected def stringArgs = Iterator(output)
+  override protected def stringArgs: Iterator[Any] = {
+    if (data.isEmpty) {
+      Iterator("<empty>", output)
+    } else {
+      Iterator(output)
+    }
+  }
 
   override def sameResult(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = plan match {
     case LocalRelation(otherOutput, otherData) =>
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala
index fef3255c73..b8b392608d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ private[sql] case class LogicalRDD(
     case _ => false
   }
 
+  override protected def stringArgs: Iterator[Any] = Iterator(output)
+
   override def producedAttributes: AttributeSet = outputSet
 
   @transient override lazy val statistics: Statistics = Statistics(
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/LocalTableScanExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/LocalTableScanExec.scala
index c5e78b0333..df2f238d8c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/LocalTableScanExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/LocalTableScanExec.scala
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ private[sql] case class LocalTableScanExec(
     }
   }
 
+  override protected def stringArgs: Iterator[Any] = {
+    if (rows.isEmpty) {
+      Iterator("<empty>", output)
+    } else {
+      Iterator(output)
+    }
+  }
+
   override def executeCollect(): Array[InternalRow] = {
     unsafeRows
   }