diff --git a/src/io/parquet/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs b/src/io/parquet/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs
index 5fafdceee2f..f4188d2816a 100644
--- a/src/io/parquet/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs
+++ b/src/io/parquet/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ fn extend_offsets2<'a, D: NestedDecoder<'a>>(
 
         let next_rep = page.iter.peek().map(|x| x.0).unwrap_or(0);
 
-        if next_rep == 0 && rows == additional.saturating_add(1) {
+        if next_rep == 0 && rows == additional {
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/io/parquet/read/file.rs b/src/io/parquet/read/file.rs
index 9f866a8dce5..474f29f7de6 100644
--- a/src/io/parquet/read/file.rs
+++ b/src/io/parquet/read/file.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> RowGroupReader<R> {
             row_group,
             self.schema.fields.clone(),
             self.chunk_size,
+            Some(self.remaining_rows),
         )?;
 
         let result = RowGroupDeserializer::new(
diff --git a/src/io/parquet/read/row_group.rs b/src/io/parquet/read/row_group.rs
index deefaea3644..8e9a6a97c64 100644
--- a/src/io/parquet/read/row_group.rs
+++ b/src/io/parquet/read/row_group.rs
@@ -65,14 +65,7 @@ impl Iterator for RowGroupDeserializer {
         let chunk = self
             .column_chunks
             .iter_mut()
-            .map(|iter| {
-                let array = iter.next().unwrap()?;
-                Ok(if array.len() > self.remaining_rows {
-                    array.slice(0, array.len() - self.remaining_rows)
-                } else {
-                    array
-                })
-            })
+            .map(|iter| iter.next().unwrap())
             .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()
             .and_then(Chunk::try_new);
         self.remaining_rows = self.remaining_rows.saturating_sub(
@@ -218,7 +211,11 @@ pub fn read_columns_many<'a, R: Read + Seek>(
     row_group: &RowGroupMetaData,
     fields: Vec<Field>,
     chunk_size: Option<usize>,
+    limit: Option<usize>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<ArrayIter<'a>>> {
+    let num_rows = row_group.num_rows();
+    let num_rows = limit.map(|limit| limit.min(num_rows)).unwrap_or(num_rows);
+
     // reads all the necessary columns for all fields from the row group
     // This operation is IO-bounded `O(C)` where C is the number of columns in the row group
     let field_columns = fields
@@ -229,9 +226,7 @@ pub fn read_columns_many<'a, R: Read + Seek>(
     field_columns
         .into_iter()
         .zip(fields.into_iter())
-        .map(|(columns, field)| {
-            to_deserializer(columns, field, row_group.num_rows() as usize, chunk_size)
-        })
+        .map(|(columns, field)| to_deserializer(columns, field, num_rows, chunk_size))
         .collect()
 }
 
diff --git a/src/io/print.rs b/src/io/print.rs
index 08cc3e3efb8..9cb0438f645 100644
--- a/src/io/print.rs
+++ b/src/io/print.rs
@@ -8,27 +8,27 @@ use crate::{
 use comfy_table::{Cell, Table};
 
 /// Returns a visual representation of [`Chunk`]
-pub fn write<A: AsRef<dyn Array>, N: AsRef<str>>(batches: &[Chunk<A>], names: &[N]) -> String {
+pub fn write<A: AsRef<dyn Array>, N: AsRef<str>>(chunks: &[Chunk<A>], names: &[N]) -> String {
     let mut table = Table::new();
     table.load_preset("||--+-++|    ++++++");
 
-    if batches.is_empty() {
+    if chunks.is_empty() {
         return table.to_string();
     }
 
     let header = names.iter().map(|name| Cell::new(name.as_ref()));
     table.set_header(header);
 
-    for batch in batches {
-        let displayes = batch
+    for chunk in chunks {
+        let displayes = chunk
             .arrays()
             .iter()
             .map(|array| get_display(array.as_ref(), ""))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        for row in 0..batch.len() {
+        for row in 0..chunk.len() {
             let mut cells = Vec::new();
-            (0..batch.arrays().len()).for_each(|col| {
+            (0..chunk.arrays().len()).for_each(|col| {
                 let mut string = String::new();
                 displayes[col](&mut string, row).unwrap();
                 cells.push(Cell::new(string));