diff --git a/datafusion-examples/README.md b/datafusion-examples/README.md
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--- a/datafusion-examples/README.md
+++ b/datafusion-examples/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ cargo run --example csv_sql
 - [`parquet_sql.rs`](examples/parquet_sql.rs): Build and run a query plan from a SQL statement against a local Parquet file
 - [`parquet_sql_multiple_files.rs`](examples/parquet_sql_multiple_files.rs): Build and run a query plan from a SQL statement against multiple local Parquet files
 - ['parquet_exec_visitor.rs'](examples/parquet_exec_visitor.rs): Extract statistics by visiting an ExecutionPlan after execution
+- [`plan_to_sql.rs`](examples/plan_to_sql.rs): Generate SQL from Datafusion `Expr` and `LogicalPlan`
 - [`pruning.rs`](examples/parquet_sql.rs): Use pruning to rule out files based on statistics
 - [`query-aws-s3.rs`](examples/external_dependency/query-aws-s3.rs): Configure `object_store` and run a query against files stored in AWS S3
 - [`query-http-csv.rs`](examples/query-http-csv.rs): Configure `object_store` and run a query against files vi HTTP
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/plan_to_sql.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/plan_to_sql.rs
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@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+use datafusion::error::Result;
+
+use datafusion::prelude::*;
+use datafusion::sql::unparser::expr_to_sql;
+use datafusion_sql::unparser::dialect::CustomDialect;
+use datafusion_sql::unparser::Unparser;
+
+/// This example demonstrates the programmatic construction of
+/// SQL using the DataFusion Expr [`Expr`] and LogicalPlan [`LogicalPlan`] API.
+///
+///
+/// The code in this example shows how to:
+/// 1. Create SQL from a variety of Expr and LogicalPlan: [`main`]`
+/// 2. Create a simple expression [`Exprs`] with fluent API
+/// and convert to sql: [`simple_expr_to_sql_demo`]
+/// 3. Create a simple expression [`Exprs`] with fluent API
+/// and convert to sql without escaping column names: [`simple_expr_to_sql_demo_no_escape`]
+/// 4. Create a simple expression [`Exprs`] with fluent API
+/// and convert to sql escaping column names a MySQL style: [`simple_expr_to_sql_demo_escape_mysql_style`]
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // See how to evaluate expressions
+    simple_expr_to_sql_demo()?;
+    simple_expr_to_sql_demo_no_escape()?;
+    simple_expr_to_sql_demo_escape_mysql_style()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// DataFusion can convert expressions to SQL, using column name escaping
+/// PostgreSQL style.
+fn simple_expr_to_sql_demo() -> Result<()> {
+    let expr = col("a").lt(lit(5)).or(col("a").eq(lit(8)));
+    let ast = expr_to_sql(&expr)?;
+    let sql = format!("{}", ast);
+    assert_eq!(sql, r#"(("a" < 5) OR ("a" = 8))"#);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// DataFusion can convert expressions to SQL without escaping column names using
+/// using a custom dialect and an explicit unparser
+fn simple_expr_to_sql_demo_no_escape() -> Result<()> {
+    let expr = col("a").lt(lit(5)).or(col("a").eq(lit(8)));
+    let dialect = CustomDialect::new(None);
+    let unparser = Unparser::new(&dialect);
+    let ast = unparser.expr_to_sql(&expr)?;
+    let sql = format!("{}", ast);
+    assert_eq!(sql, r#"((a < 5) OR (a = 8))"#);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// DataFusion can convert expressions to SQL without escaping column names using
+/// using a custom dialect and an explicit unparser
+fn simple_expr_to_sql_demo_escape_mysql_style() -> Result<()> {
+    let expr = col("a").lt(lit(5)).or(col("a").eq(lit(8)));
+    let dialect = CustomDialect::new(Some('`'));
+    let unparser = Unparser::new(&dialect);
+    let ast = unparser.expr_to_sql(&expr)?;
+    let sql = format!("{}", ast);
+    assert_eq!(sql, r#"((`a` < 5) OR (`a` = 8))"#);
+    Ok(())
+}