diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/printer.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/printer.cc
index 4d2cb75b15e64..82029edcb208c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/printer.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/printer.cc
@@ -296,17 +296,18 @@ void ParquetFilePrinter::JSONPrint(std::ostream& stream, std::list<int> selected
            << "\", ";
     auto row_group_sorting_columns = group_metadata->sorting_columns();
     if (!row_group_sorting_columns.empty()) {
-      stream << " \"SortColumns\": [";
+      stream << " \"SortColumns\": [\n";
       for (size_t i = 0; i < row_group_sorting_columns.size(); i++) {
-        stream << "{\"column_idx\":" << row_group_sorting_columns[i].column_idx
+        stream << "         {\"column_idx\":" << row_group_sorting_columns[i].column_idx
                << ", \"descending\":" << row_group_sorting_columns[i].descending
                << ", \"nulls_first\": " << row_group_sorting_columns[i].nulls_first
                << "}";
         if (i + 1 != row_group_sorting_columns.size()) {
-          stream << ", ";
+          stream << ",";
         }
+        stream << '\n';
       }
-      stream << "], ";
+      stream << "       ], ";
     }
     stream << " \"Rows\": \"" << group_metadata->num_rows() << "\",\n";
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/reader_test.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/reader_test.cc
index 688c875b9ec0f..df8c5c63bfeea 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/reader_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/reader_test.cc
@@ -1180,6 +1180,16 @@ TEST_F(TestJSONWithLocalFile, JSONOutputFLBA) {
   EXPECT_THAT(json_content, testing::HasSubstr(json_contains));
 }
 
+TEST_F(TestJSONWithLocalFile, JSONOutputSortColumns) {
+  std::string json_content = ReadFromLocalFile("sort_columns.parquet");
+
+  std::string json_contains = R"###("SortColumns": [
+         {"column_idx":0, "descending":1, "nulls_first": 1},
+         {"column_idx":1, "descending":0, "nulls_first": 0}
+       ])###";
+  EXPECT_THAT(json_content, testing::HasSubstr(json_contains));
+}
+
 // GH-44101: Test that JSON output is valid JSON
 TEST_F(TestJSONWithLocalFile, ValidJsonOutput) {
   auto check_json_valid = [](std::string_view json_string) -> ::arrow::Status {
@@ -1196,7 +1206,7 @@ TEST_F(TestJSONWithLocalFile, ValidJsonOutput) {
   std::vector<std::string_view> check_file_lists = {
       "data_index_bloom_encoding_with_length.parquet",
       "data_index_bloom_encoding_stats.parquet", "alltypes_tiny_pages_plain.parquet",
-      "concatenated_gzip_members.parquet", "nulls.snappy.parquet"};
+      "concatenated_gzip_members.parquet", "nulls.snappy.parquet", "sort_columns.parquet"};
   for (const auto& file : check_file_lists) {
     std::string json_content = ReadFromLocalFile(file);
     ASSERT_OK(check_json_valid(json_content))