diff --git a/docs/source/python/recipe/flight_sql.rst b/docs/source/python/recipe/flight_sql.rst
index c3bffb1331..cef2ccecb9 100644
--- a/docs/source/python/recipe/flight_sql.rst
+++ b/docs/source/python/recipe/flight_sql.rst
@@ -56,3 +56,8 @@ Set timeouts and other options
 ------------------------------
 
 .. recipe:: flightsql_sqlite_options.py
+
+Set the max gRPC message size
+-----------------------------
+
+.. recipe:: flightsql_sqlite_max_msg_size.py
diff --git a/docs/source/python/recipe/flightsql_sqlite_max_msg_size.py b/docs/source/python/recipe/flightsql_sqlite_max_msg_size.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a77460d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/python/recipe/flightsql_sqlite_max_msg_size.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# 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.
+
+# RECIPE STARTS HERE
+
+#: By default, the Flight SQL driver limits the size of incoming/outgoing
+#: messages.  You might see an error like this if those limits are exceeded::
+#:
+#:     INTERNAL: [FlightSQL] grpc: received message larger than max
+#:
+#: These limits can be adjusted to avoid this.
+
+import os
+
+import adbc_driver_flightsql.dbapi
+from adbc_driver_flightsql import DatabaseOptions
+
+uri = os.environ["ADBC_SQLITE_FLIGHTSQL_URI"]
+
+#: This query generates about 16 MiB per batch, which will trip the default
+#: limit.
+
+query = """
+WITH RECURSIVE generate_series(value) AS (
+  SELECT 1
+  UNION ALL
+  SELECT value + 1 FROM generate_series
+   WHERE value + 1 <= 2048
+)
+SELECT printf('%.*c', 16384, 'x') FROM generate_series
+"""
+
+#: When we execute the query, we'll get an error.
+
+conn = adbc_driver_flightsql.dbapi.connect(uri)
+with conn.cursor() as cur:
+    cur.execute(query)
+
+    try:
+        cur.fetchallarrow()
+    except adbc_driver_flightsql.dbapi.InternalError:
+        # This exception is expected.
+        pass
+    else:
+        assert False, "Did not raise expected exception"
+
+conn.close()
+
+#: We can instead change the limit when connecting.
+
+conn = adbc_driver_flightsql.dbapi.connect(
+    uri,
+    db_kwargs={DatabaseOptions.WITH_MAX_MSG_SIZE.value: "2147483647"},
+)
+with conn.cursor() as cur:
+    cur.execute(query)
+
+    assert len(cur.fetchallarrow()) == 2048
+
+conn.close()