diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_date.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_date.rs
index 348fcffb4c87..6d873ab52427 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_date.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_date.rs
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ Note: `to_date` returns Date32, which represents its values as the number of day
     sql_example = r#"```sql
 > select to_date('2023-01-31'); 
 +-------------------------------+
-| to_date(Utf8(\"2023-01-31\")) |
+| to_date(Utf8("2023-01-31")) |
 +-------------------------------+
 | 2023-01-31                    |
 +-------------------------------+
 > select to_date('2023/01/31', '%Y-%m-%d', '%Y/%m/%d');
 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| to_date(Utf8(\"2023/01/31\"),Utf8(\"%Y-%m-%d\"),Utf8(\"%Y/%m/%d\")) |
+| to_date(Utf8("2023/01/31"),Utf8("%Y-%m-%d"),Utf8("%Y/%m/%d")) |
 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | 2023-01-31                                                          |
 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions.md b/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions.md
index b921285412f0..846b6c82b771 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions.md
@@ -2234,13 +2234,13 @@ to_date('2017-05-31', '%Y-%m-%d')
 ```sql
 > select to_date('2023-01-31');
 +-------------------------------+
-| to_date(Utf8(\"2023-01-31\")) |
+| to_date(Utf8("2023-01-31")) |
 +-------------------------------+
 | 2023-01-31                    |
 +-------------------------------+
 > select to_date('2023/01/31', '%Y-%m-%d', '%Y/%m/%d');
 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| to_date(Utf8(\"2023/01/31\"),Utf8(\"%Y-%m-%d\"),Utf8(\"%Y/%m/%d\")) |
+| to_date(Utf8("2023/01/31"),Utf8("%Y-%m-%d"),Utf8("%Y/%m/%d")) |
 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | 2023-01-31                                                          |
 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+