diff --git a/python/pyarrow/ipc.pxi b/python/pyarrow/ipc.pxi
index 2347b3c7a35..6477579af21 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/ipc.pxi
+++ b/python/pyarrow/ipc.pxi
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ cdef class Message(_Weakrefable):
         body = self.body
         body_len = 0 if body is None else body.size
 
-        return """pyarrow.Message
+        return f"""pyarrow.Message
 type: {self.type}
 metadata length: {metadata_len}
 body length: {body_len}"""
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_ipc.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_ipc.py
index b4db9cd0875..6813ed77723 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_ipc.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_ipc.py
@@ -779,6 +779,18 @@ def test_message_serialize_read_message(example_messages):
         pa.ipc.read_message(reader)
 
 
+def test_message_repr_shows_actual_values(example_messages):
+    _, messages = example_messages
+
+    for msg in messages:
+        s = str(msg)
+
+        assert '{self.type}' not in s
+        assert '{metadata_len}' not in s
+        assert '{body_len}' not in s
+        assert f'type: {msg.type}' in s
+
+
 @pytest.mark.gzip
 def test_message_read_from_compressed(example_messages):
     # Part of ARROW-5910