diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala
index e59a483075c9..70088ab6a048 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala
@@ -2387,6 +2387,11 @@ class Dataset[T] private[sql](
    */
   def cache(): this.type = persist()
 
+  def cached: Dataset[T] = {
+    sparkSession.sharedState.cacheManager.cacheQuery(this)
+    Dataset(sparkSession, sparkSession.sharedState.cacheManager.useCachedData(this.logicalPlan))
+  }
+
   /**
    * Persist this Dataset with the given storage level.
    * @param newLevel One of: `MEMORY_ONLY`, `MEMORY_AND_DISK`, `MEMORY_ONLY_SER`,
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
index 56bd5c1891e8..4097841ab07c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ case class InMemoryRelation(
 
     cached.setName(
       tableName.map(n => s"In-memory table $n")
-        .getOrElse(StringUtils.abbreviate(child.toString, 1024)))
+        .getOrElse(StringUtils.abbreviate(child.simpleString, 1024)))
     _cachedColumnBuffers = cached
   }