diff --git a/r/NAMESPACE b/r/NAMESPACE
index cdeb27c4067..9dbbad9c45c 100644
--- a/r/NAMESPACE
+++ b/r/NAMESPACE
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ S3method(Math,ArrowDatum)
 S3method(Ops,ArrowDatum)
 S3method(Ops,Expression)
 S3method(all,ArrowDatum)
-S3method(all,equal.ArrowObject)
+S3method(all.equal,ArrowObject)
 S3method(any,ArrowDatum)
 S3method(as.character,ArrowDatum)
 S3method(as.character,FileFormat)
diff --git a/r/R/arrow-object.R b/r/R/arrow-object.R
index 2f970c87edb..c9cd0b98c7a 100644
--- a/r/R/arrow-object.R
+++ b/r/R/arrow-object.R
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ ArrowObject <- R6Class(
   x$Equals(y)
 }
 
+#' @method all.equal ArrowObject
 #' @export
 all.equal.ArrowObject <- function(target, current, ..., check.attributes = TRUE) {
   target$Equals(current, check_metadata = check.attributes)