diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
index c7db2127a6..9636fe88c7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
@@ -2904,6 +2904,24 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
     props.forEach((k, v) => resultProps.put(k, v))
     resultProps
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a sequence of `Path`s to a metadata string. When the length of metadata string
+   * exceeds `stopAppendingThreshold`, stop appending paths for saving memory.
+   */
+  def buildLocationMetadata(paths: Seq[Path], stopAppendingThreshold: Int): String = {
+    val metadata = new StringBuilder("[")
+    var index: Int = 0
+    while (index < paths.length && metadata.length < stopAppendingThreshold) {
+      if (index > 0) {
+        metadata.append(", ")
+      }
+      metadata.append(paths(index).toString)
+      index += 1
+    }
+    metadata.append("]")
+    metadata.toString
+  }
 }
 
 private[util] object CallerContext extends Logging {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/UtilsSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/UtilsSuite.scala
index 931eb6b541..c9c8ae6023 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/UtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/UtilsSuite.scala
@@ -1301,6 +1301,14 @@ class UtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ResetSystemProperties with Logging {
       assert(Utils.trimExceptCRLF(s"b${s}b") === s"b${s}b")
     }
   }
+
+  test("pathsToMetadata") {
+    val paths = (0 to 4).map(i => new Path(s"path$i"))
+    assert(Utils.buildLocationMetadata(paths, 5) == "[path0]")
+    assert(Utils.buildLocationMetadata(paths, 10) == "[path0, path1]")
+    assert(Utils.buildLocationMetadata(paths, 15) == "[path0, path1, path2]")
+    assert(Utils.buildLocationMetadata(paths, 25) == "[path0, path1, path2, path3]")
+  }
 }
 
 private class SimpleExtension
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala
index 66996498ff..0ae39cf856 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExec.scala
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ trait DataSourceScanExec extends LeafExecNode {
   // Metadata that describes more details of this scan.
   protected def metadata: Map[String, String]
 
+  protected val maxMetadataValueLength = 100
+
   override def simpleString(maxFields: Int): String = {
     val metadataEntries = metadata.toSeq.sorted.map {
       case (key, value) =>
-        key + ": " + StringUtils.abbreviate(redact(value), 100)
+        key + ": " + StringUtils.abbreviate(redact(value), maxMetadataValueLength)
     }
     val metadataStr = truncatedString(metadataEntries, " ", ", ", "", maxFields)
     redact(
@@ -335,7 +337,8 @@ case class FileSourceScanExec(
     def seqToString(seq: Seq[Any]) = seq.mkString("[", ", ", "]")
     val location = relation.location
     val locationDesc =
-      location.getClass.getSimpleName + seqToString(location.rootPaths)
+      location.getClass.getSimpleName +
+        Utils.buildLocationMetadata(location.rootPaths, maxMetadataValueLength)
     val metadata =
       Map(
         "Format" -> relation.fileFormat.toString,
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileScan.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileScan.scala
index 6e05aa56f4..7e8e0ed2dc 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileScan.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileScan.scala
@@ -94,8 +94,10 @@ trait FileScan extends Scan with Batch with SupportsReportStatistics with Loggin
   override def hashCode(): Int = getClass.hashCode()
 
   override def description(): String = {
+    val maxMetadataValueLength = 100
     val locationDesc =
-      fileIndex.getClass.getSimpleName + fileIndex.rootPaths.mkString("[", ", ", "]")
+      fileIndex.getClass.getSimpleName +
+        Utils.buildLocationMetadata(fileIndex.rootPaths, maxMetadataValueLength)
     val metadata: Map[String, String] = Map(
       "ReadSchema" -> readDataSchema.catalogString,
       "PartitionFilters" -> seqToString(partitionFilters),
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ trait FileScan extends Scan with Batch with SupportsReportStatistics with Loggin
       case (key, value) =>
         val redactedValue =
           Utils.redact(sparkSession.sessionState.conf.stringRedactionPattern, value)
-        key + ": " + StringUtils.abbreviate(redactedValue, 100)
+        key + ": " + StringUtils.abbreviate(redactedValue, maxMetadataValueLength)
     }.mkString(", ")
     s"${this.getClass.getSimpleName} $metadataStr"
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExecRedactionSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExecRedactionSuite.scala
index f1411b263c..c99be986dd 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExecRedactionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/DataSourceScanExecRedactionSuite.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
 
+import java.io.File
+
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
@@ -116,6 +118,30 @@ class DataSourceScanExecRedactionSuite extends DataSourceScanRedactionTest {
       assert(isIncluded(df.queryExecution, "Location"))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-31793: FileSourceScanExec metadata should contain limited file paths") {
+    withTempPath { path =>
+      val dir = path.getCanonicalPath
+      val partitionCol = "partitionCol"
+      spark.range(10)
+        .select("id", "id")
+        .toDF("value", partitionCol)
+        .write
+        .partitionBy(partitionCol)
+        .orc(dir)
+      val paths = (0 to 9).map(i => new File(dir, s"$partitionCol=$i").getCanonicalPath)
+      val plan = spark.read.orc(paths: _*).queryExecution.executedPlan
+      val location = plan collectFirst {
+        case f: FileSourceScanExec => f.metadata("Location")
+      }
+      assert(location.isDefined)
+      // The location metadata should at least contain one path
+      assert(location.get.contains(paths.head))
+      // If the temp path length is larger than 100, the metadata length should not exceed
+      // twice of the length; otherwise, the metadata length should be controlled within 200.
+      assert(location.get.length < Math.max(paths.head.length, 100) * 2)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**