diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 1bd51fb8957a8..1ec7c16b488f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -48,16 +48,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20"
       - name: Prettier check
-        run: |
-          # if you encounter error, rerun the command below and commit the changes
-          #
-          # ignore subproject CHANGELOG.md because they are machine generated
-          npx prettier@2.7.1 --write \
-            '{datafusion,datafusion-cli,datafusion-examples,dev,docs}/**/*.md' \
-            '!datafusion/CHANGELOG.md' \
-            README.md \
-            CONTRIBUTING.md
-          git diff --exit-code
+      # if you encounter error, see instructions inside the script
+        run: ci/scripts/doc_prettier_check.sh
 
   typos:
     name: Spell Check with Typos
@@ -72,4 +64,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install typos-cli
         run: cargo install typos-cli --locked --version 1.37.0
       - name: Run typos check
-        run: ci/scripts/typos_check.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: ci/scripts/typos_check.sh
diff --git a/ci/scripts/doc_prettier_check.sh b/ci/scripts/doc_prettier_check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..d94a0d1c96171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/doc_prettier_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# 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.
+
+SCRIPT_PATH="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
+MODE="--check"
+ACTION="Checking"
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+  if [ "$1" = "--write" ]; then
+    MODE="--write"
+    ACTION="Formatting"
+  else
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--write]" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "$SCRIPT_PATH: $ACTION documents with prettier"
+
+# Ensure `npx` is available
+if ! command -v npx >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "npx is required to run the prettier check. Install Node.js (e.g., brew install node) and re-run." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+ 
+# Ignore subproject CHANGELOG.md because it is machine generated
+npx prettier@2.7.1 $MODE \
+  '{datafusion,datafusion-cli,datafusion-examples,dev,docs}/**/*.md' \
+  '!datafusion/CHANGELOG.md' \
+  README.md \
+  CONTRIBUTING.md
+status=$?
+
+if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
+  if [ "$MODE" = "--check" ]; then
+    echo "Prettier check failed. Re-run with --write (e.g., ./ci/scripts/doc_prettier_check.sh --write) to format files, commit the changes, and re-run the check." >&2
+  else
+    echo "Prettier format failed. Files may have been modified; commit any changes and re-run." >&2
+  fi
+  exit $status
+fi
diff --git a/dev/rust_lint.sh b/dev/rust_lint.sh
index 490720c537cfb..21d4611846413 100755
--- a/dev/rust_lint.sh
+++ b/dev/rust_lint.sh
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ ci/scripts/rust_toml_fmt.sh
 ci/scripts/rust_docs.sh
 ci/scripts/license_header.sh
 ci/scripts/typos_check.sh
+ci/scripts/doc_prettier_check.sh