diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala
index c1ec736c32ed..bdb416017550 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala
@@ -115,12 +115,10 @@ case class UnresolvedAttribute(nameParts: Seq[String]) extends Attribute with Un
 
   override def toString: String = s"'$name"
 
-  override def sql: String = name match {
-    case ParserUtils.escapedIdentifier(_) | ParserUtils.qualifiedEscapedIdentifier(_, _) => name
-    case _ => quoteIdentifier(name)
-  }
+  override def sql: String = name
 }
 
+
 object UnresolvedAttribute {
   /**
    * Creates an [[UnresolvedAttribute]], parsing segments separated by dots ('.').
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/columnresolution-negative.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/columnresolution-negative.sql.out
index 9fc97f0c3914..4069477f20cb 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/columnresolution-negative.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/columnresolution-negative.sql.out
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ SELECT db1.t1.i1 FROM t1, mydb2.t1
 struct<>
 -- !query 18 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`db1.t1.i1`' given input columns: [mydb2.t1.i1, mydb2.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve 'db1.t1.i1' given input columns: [mydb2.t1.i1, mydb2.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 19
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ SELECT mydb1.t1 FROM t1
 struct<>
 -- !query 21 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`mydb1.t1`' given input columns: [mydb1.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve 'mydb1.t1' given input columns: [mydb1.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 22
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ SELECT t1 FROM mydb1.t1
 struct<>
 -- !query 23 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`t1`' given input columns: [mydb1.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve 't1' given input columns: [mydb1.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 24
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ SELECT mydb1.t1.i1 FROM t1
 struct<>
 -- !query 25 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`mydb1.t1.i1`' given input columns: [mydb2.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve 'mydb1.t1.i1' given input columns: [mydb2.t1.i1]; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 26
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/group-by.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/group-by.sql.out
index f9d1ee8a6bcd..661dcc6c73de 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/group-by.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/group-by.sql.out
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ SELECT a AS k, COUNT(b) FROM testData GROUP BY k
 struct<>
 -- !query 21 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`k`' given input columns: [testdata.a, testdata.b]; line 1 pos 47
+cannot resolve 'k' given input columns: [testdata.a, testdata.b]; line 1 pos 47
 
 
 -- !query 22
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/pivot.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/pivot.sql.out
index 595ce1f8efcd..9531eec0702d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/pivot.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/pivot.sql.out
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ PIVOT (
 struct<>
 -- !query 15 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`year`' given input columns: [__auto_generated_subquery_name.course, __auto_generated_subquery_name.earnings]; line 4 pos 0
+cannot resolve 'year' given input columns: [__auto_generated_subquery_name.course, __auto_generated_subquery_name.earnings]; line 4 pos 0
 
 
 -- !query 16
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ PIVOT (
 struct<>
 -- !query 21 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`s`' given input columns: [coursesales.course, coursesales.year, coursesales.earnings]; line 4 pos 15
+cannot resolve 's' given input columns: [coursesales.course, coursesales.year, coursesales.earnings]; line 4 pos 15
 
 
 -- !query 22
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/query_regex_column.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/query_regex_column.sql.out
index 2dade86f35df..f2874310cf57 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/query_regex_column.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/query_regex_column.sql.out
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ SELECT `(a|b)` FROM testData2 WHERE a = 2
 struct<>
 -- !query 5 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`(a|b)`' given input columns: [testdata2.A, testdata2.B, testdata2.c, testdata2.d]; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve '(a|b)' given input columns: [testdata2.A, testdata2.B, testdata2.c, testdata2.d]; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 6
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ SELECT SUM(`(a)`) FROM testData2
 struct<>
 -- !query 8 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`(a)`' given input columns: [testdata2.A, testdata2.B, testdata2.c, testdata2.d]; line 1 pos 11
+cannot resolve '(a)' given input columns: [testdata2.A, testdata2.B, testdata2.c, testdata2.d]; line 1 pos 11
 
 
 -- !query 9
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ SELECT SUM(a) FROM testdata3 GROUP BY `(a)`
 struct<>
 -- !query 32 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`(a)`' given input columns: [testdata3.a, testdata3.b]; line 1 pos 38
+cannot resolve '(a)' given input columns: [testdata3.a, testdata3.b]; line 1 pos 38
 
 
 -- !query 33
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/table-aliases.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/table-aliases.sql.out
index 1a2bd5ea91cd..8440ed8d7b96 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/table-aliases.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/table-aliases.sql.out
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ SELECT a AS col1, b AS col2 FROM testData AS t(c, d)
 struct<>
 -- !query 6 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve '`a`' given input columns: [c, d]; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve 'a' given input columns: [c, d]; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 7
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/typeCoercion/native/mapZipWith.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/typeCoercion/native/mapZipWith.sql.out
index 35740094ba53..86a578ca013d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/typeCoercion/native/mapZipWith.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/typeCoercion/native/mapZipWith.sql.out
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ FROM various_maps
 struct<>
 -- !query 5 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve 'map_zip_with(various_maps.`decimal_map1`, various_maps.`decimal_map2`, lambdafunction(named_struct(NamePlaceholder(), `k`, NamePlaceholder(), `v1`, NamePlaceholder(), `v2`), `k`, `v1`, `v2`))' due to argument data type mismatch: The input to function map_zip_with should have been two maps with compatible key types, but the key types are [decimal(36,0), decimal(36,35)].; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve 'map_zip_with(various_maps.`decimal_map1`, various_maps.`decimal_map2`, lambdafunction(named_struct(NamePlaceholder(), k, NamePlaceholder(), v1, NamePlaceholder(), v2), k, v1, v2))' due to argument data type mismatch: The input to function map_zip_with should have been two maps with compatible key types, but the key types are [decimal(36,0), decimal(36,35)].; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 6
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ FROM various_maps
 struct<>
 -- !query 8 output
 org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
-cannot resolve 'map_zip_with(various_maps.`decimal_map2`, various_maps.`int_map`, lambdafunction(named_struct(NamePlaceholder(), `k`, NamePlaceholder(), `v1`, NamePlaceholder(), `v2`), `k`, `v1`, `v2`))' due to argument data type mismatch: The input to function map_zip_with should have been two maps with compatible key types, but the key types are [decimal(36,35), int].; line 1 pos 7
+cannot resolve 'map_zip_with(various_maps.`decimal_map2`, various_maps.`int_map`, lambdafunction(named_struct(NamePlaceholder(), k, NamePlaceholder(), v1, NamePlaceholder(), v2), k, v1, v2))' due to argument data type mismatch: The input to function map_zip_with should have been two maps with compatible key types, but the key types are [decimal(36,35), int].; line 1 pos 7
 
 
 -- !query 9
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala
index f984a1b722e3..7703850573d8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.{LongWritable, Text}
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.{TextInputFormat => NewTextInputFormat}
 import org.scalatest.Matchers._
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.UnresolvedAttribute
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.NamedExpression
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.ProjectExec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
@@ -114,6 +115,16 @@ class ColumnExpressionSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
       Row("a") :: Nil)
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-25769 make UnresolvedAttribute.sql escape nested columns correctly") {
+    Seq(
+      ($"a.b", "a.b"),
+      ($"`a.b`", "`a.b`"),
+      ($"`a`.b", "a.b"),
+      ($"`a.b`.c", "`a.b`.c")).foreach { case (columnName, sqlString) =>
+      assert(columnName.expr.sql === sqlString)
+    }
+  }
+
   test("alias and name") {
     val df = Seq((1, Seq(1, 2, 3))).toDF("a", "intList")
     assert(df.select(df("a").as("b")).columns.head === "b")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
index 60ebc5e6cc09..c19629899800 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val ex3 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       df.selectExpr("transform(a, x -> x)")
     }
-    assert(ex3.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve '`a`'"))
+    assert(ex3.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve 'a'"))
   }
 
   test("map_filter") {
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val ex4 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       df.selectExpr("map_filter(a, (k, v) -> k > v)")
     }
-    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve '`a`'"))
+    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve 'a'"))
   }
 
   test("filter function - array for primitive type not containing null") {
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val ex4 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       df.selectExpr("filter(a, x -> x)")
     }
-    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve '`a`'"))
+    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve 'a'"))
   }
 
   test("exists function - array for primitive type not containing null") {
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val ex4 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       df.selectExpr("exists(a, x -> x)")
     }
-    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve '`a`'"))
+    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve 'a'"))
   }
 
   test("aggregate function - array for primitive type not containing null") {
@@ -2446,7 +2446,7 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val ex5 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       df.selectExpr("aggregate(a, 0, (acc, x) -> x)")
     }
-    assert(ex5.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve '`a`'"))
+    assert(ex5.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve 'a'"))
   }
 
   test("map_zip_with function - map of primitive types") {
@@ -2831,7 +2831,7 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val ex4 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       df.selectExpr("zip_with(a1, a, (acc, x) -> x)")
     }
-    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve '`a`'"))
+    assert(ex4.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve 'a'"))
   }
 
   private def assertValuesDoNotChangeAfterCoalesceOrUnion(v: Column): Unit = {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWindowFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWindowFunctionsSuite.scala
index 78277d7dcf75..0f45d37ab091 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWindowFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWindowFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class DataFrameWindowFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val df = Seq((1, "1")).toDF("key", "value")
     val e = intercept[AnalysisException](
       df.select($"key", count("invalid").over()))
-    assert(e.message.contains("cannot resolve '`invalid`' given input columns: [key, value]"))
+    assert(e.message.contains("cannot resolve 'invalid' given input columns: [key, value]"))
   }
 
   test("numerical aggregate functions on string column") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala
index 4e593ff046a5..fd076c76a829 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class DatasetSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
       e = intercept[AnalysisException] {
         ds.select(expr("`(_1|_2)`").as[Int])
       }.getMessage
-      assert(e.contains("cannot resolve '`(_1|_2)`'"))
+      assert(e.contains("cannot resolve '(_1|_2)'"))
 
       e = intercept[AnalysisException] {
         ds.select(ds("`(_1)?+.+`"))
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ class DatasetSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
       assert(e.contains("Cannot resolve column name \"`(_1)?+.+`\""))
 
       e = intercept[AnalysisException] {
-        ds.select(ds("`(_1|_2)`"))
+        ds.select(ds("(_1|_2)"))
       }.getMessage
-      assert(e.contains("Cannot resolve column name \"`(_1|_2)`\""))
+      assert(e.contains("Cannot resolve column name \"(_1|_2)\""))
     }
 
     withSQLConf(SQLConf.SUPPORT_QUOTED_REGEX_COLUMN_NAME.key -> "true") {
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ class DatasetSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val e = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       ds.as[ClassData2]
     }
-    assert(e.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve '`c`' given input columns: [a, b]"), e.getMessage)
+    assert(e.getMessage.contains("cannot resolve 'c' given input columns: [a, b]"), e.getMessage)
   }
 
   test("runtime nullability check") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 631ab1b7ece7..7aee59ecdff9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
             |order by struct.a, struct.b
             |""".stripMargin)
     }
-    assert(error.message contains "cannot resolve '`struct.a`' given input columns: [a, b]")
+    assert(error.message contains "cannot resolve 'struct.a' given input columns: [a, b]")
 
   }
 
@@ -2702,7 +2702,7 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
 
       val e = intercept[AnalysisException](sql("SELECT v.i from (SELECT i FROM v)"))
       assert(e.message ==
-        "cannot resolve '`v.i`' given input columns: [__auto_generated_subquery_name.i]")
+        "cannot resolve 'v.i' given input columns: [__auto_generated_subquery_name.i]")
 
       checkAnswer(sql("SELECT __auto_generated_subquery_name.i from (SELECT i FROM v)"), Row(1))
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala
index cbffed994bb4..d93ba573c30a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ class SubquerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     withTempView("t") {
       Seq(1 -> "a").toDF("i", "j").createOrReplaceTempView("t")
       val e = intercept[AnalysisException](sql("SELECT (SELECT count(*) FROM t WHERE a = 1)"))
-      assert(e.message.contains("cannot resolve '`a`' given input columns: [t.i, t.j]"))
+      assert(e.message.contains("cannot resolve 'a' given input columns: [t.i, t.j]"))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ExpressionSQLBuilderSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ExpressionSQLBuilderSuite.scala
index 61f9179042fe..d2e7bc43980b 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ExpressionSQLBuilderSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ExpressionSQLBuilderSuite.scala
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ class ExpressionSQLBuilderSuite extends QueryTest with TestHiveSingleton {
 
     checkSQL(
       TimeAdd('a, interval),
-      "`a` + interval 1 days"
+      "a + interval 1 days"
     )
 
     checkSQL(
       TimeSub('a, interval),
-      "`a` - interval 1 days"
+      "a - interval 1 days"
     )
   }
 }