diff --git a/docs/sql-migration-guide.md b/docs/sql-migration-guide.md
index 8049447cd3b5..93800318c232 100644
--- a/docs/sql-migration-guide.md
+++ b/docs/sql-migration-guide.md
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ license: |
 
   - In Spark 3.0.2, `PARTITION(col=null)` is always parsed as a null literal in the partition spec. In Spark 3.0.1 or earlier, it is parsed as a string literal of its text representation, e.g., string "null", if the partition column is string type. To restore the legacy behavior, you can set `spark.sql.legacy.parseNullPartitionSpecAsStringLiteral` as true.
 
+  - In Spark 3.0.0, the output schema of `SHOW DATABASES` becomes `namespace: string`. In Spark version 2.4 and earlier, the schema was `databaseName: string`. Since Spark 3.0.2, you can restore the old schema by setting `spark.sql.legacy.keepCommandOutputSchema` to `true`.
+
 ## Upgrading from Spark SQL 3.0 to 3.0.1
 
 - In Spark 3.0, JSON datasource and JSON function `schema_of_json` infer TimestampType from string values if they match to the pattern defined by the JSON option `timestampFormat`. Since version 3.0.1, the timestamp type inference is disabled by default. Set the JSON option `inferTimestamp` to `true` to enable such type inference.
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/v2Commands.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/v2Commands.scala
index 9c02ffefeab3..6dab23c99f79 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/v2Commands.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/v2Commands.scala
@@ -325,11 +325,13 @@ case class AlterNamespaceSetLocation(
  */
 case class ShowNamespaces(
     namespace: LogicalPlan,
-    pattern: Option[String]) extends Command {
+    pattern: Option[String],
+    override val output: Seq[Attribute] = ShowNamespaces.OUTPUT) extends Command {
   override def children: Seq[LogicalPlan] = Seq(namespace)
+}
 
-  override val output: Seq[Attribute] = Seq(
-    AttributeReference("namespace", StringType, nullable = false)())
+object ShowNamespaces {
+  val OUTPUT = Seq(AttributeReference("namespace", StringType, nullable = false)())
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index ad242d8d0e4d..278d5482d1e9 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -3069,6 +3069,15 @@ object SQLConf {
     .booleanConf
     .createWithDefault(false)
 
+  val LEGACY_KEEP_COMMAND_OUTPUT_SCHEMA =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.legacy.keepCommandOutputSchema")
+      .internal()
+      .doc("When true, Spark will keep the output schema of commands such as SHOW DATABASES " +
+        "unchanged, for v1 catalog and/or table.")
+      .version("3.0.2")
+      .booleanConf
+      .createWithDefault(false)
+
   /**
    * Holds information about keys that have been deprecated.
    *
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolveSessionCatalog.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolveSessionCatalog.scala
index d7964bdb0bef..922c5fe18827 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolveSessionCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolveSessionCatalog.scala
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ class ResolveSessionCatalog(val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
     case AlterNamespaceSetLocation(DatabaseInSessionCatalog(db), location) =>
       AlterDatabaseSetLocationCommand(db, location)
 
+    case s @ ShowNamespaces(ResolvedNamespace(cata, _), _, output) if isSessionCatalog(cata) =>
+      if (conf.getConf(SQLConf.LEGACY_KEEP_COMMAND_OUTPUT_SCHEMA)) {
+        assert(output.length == 1)
+        s.copy(output = Seq(output.head.withName("databaseName")))
+      } else {
+        s
+      }
+
     case RenameTable(ResolvedV1TableOrViewIdentifier(oldName), newName, isView) =>
       AlterTableRenameCommand(oldName.asTableIdentifier, newName.asTableIdentifier, isView)
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DataSourceV2Strategy.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DataSourceV2Strategy.scala
index f38b2a585055..408c3112fcaf 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DataSourceV2Strategy.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DataSourceV2Strategy.scala
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ class DataSourceV2Strategy(session: SparkSession) extends Strategy with Predicat
     case DropNamespace(ResolvedNamespace(catalog, ns), ifExists, cascade) =>
       DropNamespaceExec(catalog, ns, ifExists, cascade) :: Nil
 
-    case r @ ShowNamespaces(ResolvedNamespace(catalog, ns), pattern) =>
-      ShowNamespacesExec(r.output, catalog.asNamespaceCatalog, ns, pattern) :: Nil
+    case ShowNamespaces(ResolvedNamespace(catalog, ns), pattern, output) =>
+      ShowNamespacesExec(output, catalog.asNamespaceCatalog, ns, pattern) :: Nil
 
     case r @ ShowTables(ResolvedNamespace(catalog, ns), pattern) =>
       ShowTablesExec(r.output, catalog.asTableCatalog, ns, pattern) :: Nil
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v1/ShowNamespacesSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v1/ShowNamespacesSuite.scala
index fd76ef2490f3..52742a2f2332 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v1/ShowNamespacesSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v1/ShowNamespacesSuite.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ trait ShowNamespacesSuiteBase extends command.ShowNamespacesSuiteBase {
     }.getMessage
     assert(errMsg.contains("Namespace 'dummy' not found"))
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-34359: keep the legacy output schema") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.LEGACY_KEEP_COMMAND_OUTPUT_SCHEMA.key -> "true") {
+      assert(sql("SHOW NAMESPACES").schema.fieldNames.toSeq == Seq("databaseName"))
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class ShowNamespacesSuite extends ShowNamespacesSuiteBase with CommandSuiteBase {