diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/functions.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/functions.scala
index d3b2491cd705..6fdc7f4a5819 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/functions.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/functions.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.FunctionIdentifier
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{FunctionRegistry, NoSuchFunctionException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{CatalogFunction, FunctionResource}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Attribute, ExpressionInfo}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.StringUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{StringType, StructField, StructType}
 
 
@@ -222,6 +223,21 @@ case class ShowFunctionsCommand(
           case (f, "USER") if showUserFunctions => f.unquotedString
           case (f, "SYSTEM") if showSystemFunctions => f.unquotedString
         }
-    functionNames.sorted.map(Row(_))
+    // Hard code "<>", "!=", "between", and "case" for now as there is no corresponding functions.
+    // "<>", "!=", "between", and "case" is SystemFunctions, only show when showSystemFunctions=true
+    if (showSystemFunctions) {
+      (functionNames ++
+        StringUtils.filterPattern(FunctionsCommand.virtualOperators, pattern.getOrElse("*")))
+        .sorted.map(Row(_))
+    } else {
+      functionNames.sorted.map(Row(_))
+    }
+
   }
 }
+
+object FunctionsCommand {
+  // operators that do not have corresponding functions.
+  // They should be handled `DescribeFunctionCommand`, `ShowFunctionsCommand`
+  val virtualOperators = Seq("!=", "<>", "between", "case")
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 1afe3976b2a1..630489ad9c60 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.StringUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.HiveResult.hiveResultString
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.aggregate.{HashAggregateExec, SortAggregateExec}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.columnar.InMemoryTableScanExec
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.FunctionsCommand
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.BatchScanExec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.orc.OrcScan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.parquet.ParquetScan
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
   test("show functions") {
     def getFunctions(pattern: String): Seq[Row] = {
       StringUtils.filterPattern(
-        spark.sessionState.catalog.listFunctions("default").map(_._1.funcName), pattern)
+        spark.sessionState.catalog.listFunctions("default").map(_._1.funcName)
+        ++ FunctionsCommand.virtualOperators, pattern)
         .map(Row(_))
     }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
index 70b1db8e5f0d..6bd240431de8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
@@ -2064,7 +2064,8 @@ abstract class DDLSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
 
   test("show functions") {
     withUserDefinedFunction("add_one" -> true) {
-      val numFunctions = FunctionRegistry.functionSet.size.toLong
+      val numFunctions = FunctionRegistry.functionSet.size.toLong +
+        FunctionsCommand.virtualOperators.size.toLong
       assert(sql("show functions").count() === numFunctions)
       assert(sql("show system functions").count() === numFunctions)
       assert(sql("show all functions").count() === numFunctions)
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
index 587eab4a2481..aa694ea274d7 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.{LongWritable, Writable}
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, QueryTest, Row}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.Project
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.FunctionsCommand
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.max
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHiveSingleton
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
@@ -563,7 +564,8 @@ class HiveUDFSuite extends QueryTest with TestHiveSingleton with SQLTestUtils {
         checkAnswer(
           sql("SELECT testUDFToListInt(s) FROM inputTable"),
           Seq(Row(Seq(1, 2, 3))))
-        assert(sql("show functions").count() == numFunc + 1)
+        assert(sql("show functions").count() ==
+          numFunc + FunctionsCommand.virtualOperators.size + 1)
         assert(spark.catalog.listFunctions().count() == numFunc + 1)
       }
     }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 736a2dcfad29..d2ca434bc211 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{EliminateSubqueryAliases, Functio
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{CatalogTableType, CatalogUtils, HiveTableRelation}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.ParseException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LogicalPlan, SubqueryAlias}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.LoadDataCommand
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.{FunctionsCommand, LoadDataCommand}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.{HadoopFsRelation, LogicalRelation}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.{HiveExternalCatalog, HiveUtils}
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiveSingleton {
     allBuiltinFunctions.foreach { f =>
       assert(allFunctions.contains(f))
     }
+
+    FunctionsCommand.virtualOperators.foreach { f =>
+      assert(allFunctions.contains(f))
+    }
+
     withTempDatabase { db =>
       def createFunction(names: Seq[String]): Unit = {
         names.foreach { name =>