diff --git a/python/pyarrow/table.pxi b/python/pyarrow/table.pxi
index d4025f734ca..45d0a6ad764 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/table.pxi
+++ b/python/pyarrow/table.pxi
@@ -4670,7 +4670,8 @@ cdef class Table(_PandasConvertible):
 
         Left outer join:
 
-        >>> t1.join(t2, 'id')
+        >>> t = t1.join(t2, 'id')
+        >>> t.select(["id", "year", "n_legs", "animal"])
         pyarrow.Table
         id: int64
         year: int64
@@ -4684,7 +4685,8 @@ cdef class Table(_PandasConvertible):
 
         Full outer join:
 
-        >>> t1.join(t2, 'id', join_type="full outer")
+        >>> t = t1.join(t2, 'id', join_type="full outer")
+        >>> t.select(["id", "year", "n_legs", "animal"])
         pyarrow.Table
         id: int64
         year: int64
@@ -4698,7 +4700,8 @@ cdef class Table(_PandasConvertible):
 
         Right outer join:
 
-        >>> t1.join(t2, 'id', join_type="right outer")
+        >>> t = t1.join(t2, 'id', join_type="right outer")
+        >>> t.select(["year", "id", "n_legs", "animal"])
         pyarrow.Table
         year: int64
         id: int64
@@ -4712,7 +4715,8 @@ cdef class Table(_PandasConvertible):
 
         Right anti join
 
-        >>> t1.join(t2, 'id', join_type="right anti")
+        >>> t = t1.join(t2, 'id', join_type="right anti")
+        >>> t.select(["id", "n_legs", "animal"])
         pyarrow.Table
         id: int64
         n_legs: int64