diff --git a/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx b/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx
index 3631e10404abd..9ad346a56af00 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx
+++ b/python/pyarrow/_flight.pyx
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ cdef class FlightInfo(_Weakrefable):
         return obj
 
     def __init__(self, Schema schema, FlightDescriptor descriptor, endpoints,
-                 total_records, total_bytes, ordered=False, app_metadata=""):
+                 total_records=None, total_bytes=None, ordered=False, app_metadata=""):
         """Create a FlightInfo object from a schema, descriptor, and endpoints.
 
         Parameters
@@ -855,9 +855,9 @@ cdef class FlightInfo(_Weakrefable):
             the descriptor for this flight.
         endpoints : list of FlightEndpoint
             a list of endpoints where this flight is available.
-        total_records : int
+        total_records : int optional, default None
             the total records in this flight, or -1 if unknown.
-        total_bytes : int
+        total_bytes : int optional, default None
             the total bytes in this flight, or -1 if unknown.
         ordered : boolean optional, default False
             Whether endpoints are in the same order as the data.
@@ -878,8 +878,8 @@ cdef class FlightInfo(_Weakrefable):
         check_flight_status(CreateFlightInfo(c_schema,
                                              descriptor.descriptor,
                                              c_endpoints,
-                                             total_records,
-                                             total_bytes,
+                                             total_records if total_records is not None else -1,
+                                             total_bytes if total_bytes is not None else -1,
                                              ordered,
                                              tobytes(app_metadata), &self.info))
 
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight.py
index e8df99d609c45..d106100991e5a 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight.py
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ def list_flights(self, context, criteria):
             yield flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
                 flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path('/foo'),
-                [],
-                -1, -1
+                []
             )
 
     def do_get(self, context, ticket):
@@ -938,56 +937,54 @@ def test_eq():
         lambda: (
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), []),
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([("ints", pa.int64())]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1)),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [])),
         lambda: (
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), []),
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_command(b"foo"), [], -1, -1)),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_command(b"foo"), [])),
         lambda: (
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
                 flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(),
-                [flight.FlightEndpoint(b"foo", [])],
-                -1, -1),
+                [flight.FlightEndpoint(b"foo", [])]),
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
                 flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(),
-                [flight.FlightEndpoint(b"bar", [])],
-                -1, -1)),
+                [flight.FlightEndpoint(b"bar", [])])),
         lambda: (
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], total_records=-1),
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], 1, -1)),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], total_records=1)),
         lambda: (
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], total_bytes=-1),
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, 42)),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], total_bytes=42)),
         lambda: (
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1, False),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], ordered=False),
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1, True)),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], ordered=True)),
         lambda: (
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1, app_metadata=b""),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], app_metadata=b""),
             flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
-                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], -1, -1, app_metadata=b"meta")),
+                flight.FlightDescriptor.for_path(), [], app_metadata=b"meta")),
         lambda: (flight.Location("grpc+tcp://localhost:1234"),
                  flight.Location("grpc+tls://localhost:1234")),
         lambda: (flight.Result(b"foo"), flight.Result(b"bar")),
@@ -2411,8 +2408,7 @@ def get_flight_info(self, context, descriptor):
             return flight.FlightInfo(
                 pa.schema([]),
                 descriptor,
-                [],
-                -1, -1
+                []
             )
 
     class HeadersTrailersMiddlewareFactory(ClientMiddlewareFactory):
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight_async.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight_async.py
index 494e7f462c1ef..197c78cc07365 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight_async.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_flight_async.py
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ class ExampleServer(flight.FlightServerBase):
     simple_info = flight.FlightInfo(
         pyarrow.schema([("a", "int32")]),
         flight.FlightDescriptor.for_command(b"simple"),
-        [],
-        -1,
-        -1
+        []
     )
 
     def get_flight_info(self, context, descriptor):