diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_ascii.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_ascii.cc
index dd3c507ef53e..55a7efacc891 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_ascii.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_ascii.cc
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ const auto ascii_is_decimal_doc =
 const auto ascii_is_lower_doc =
     StringClassifyDoc("ASCII lowercase", "lowercase ASCII characters", true);
 const auto ascii_is_printable_doc =
-    StringClassifyDoc("ASCII printable", "printable ASCII characters", true);
+    StringClassifyDoc("ASCII printable", "printable ASCII characters", false);
 const auto ascii_is_space_doc =
     StringClassifyDoc("ASCII whitespace", "whitespace ASCII characters", true);
 const auto ascii_is_upper_doc =
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_utf8.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_utf8.cc
index 6d4525c28696..abb9a63db8ab 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_utf8.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_utf8.cc
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ const auto utf8_is_lower_doc =
 const auto utf8_is_numeric_doc =
     StringClassifyDoc("numeric", "numeric Unicode characters", true);
 const auto utf8_is_printable_doc =
-    StringClassifyDoc("printable", "printable Unicode characters", true);
+    StringClassifyDoc("printable", "printable Unicode characters", false);
 const auto utf8_is_space_doc =
     StringClassifyDoc("whitespace", "whitespace Unicode characters", true);
 const auto utf8_is_upper_doc =