diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs
index 2296cebd4681..a6d5c2277226 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs
@@ -713,9 +713,8 @@ impl<T: ArrowPrimitiveType> PrimitiveArray<T> {
     /// the semantic values of the array, e.g. 100 milliseconds in a [`TimestampNanosecondArray`]
     /// will become 100 seconds in a [`TimestampSecondArray`].
     ///
-    /// For casts that preserve the semantic value, check out the [compute kernels]
-    ///
-    /// [compute kernels](https://docs.rs/arrow/latest/arrow/compute/kernels/cast/index.html)
+    /// For casts that preserve the semantic value, check out the
+    /// [compute kernels](https://docs.rs/arrow/latest/arrow/compute/kernels/cast/index.html).
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use arrow_array::{Int64Array, TimestampNanosecondArray};
diff --git a/arrow-schema/src/datatype.rs b/arrow-schema/src/datatype.rs
index 8ba52200c478..6276a99a47b6 100644
--- a/arrow-schema/src/datatype.rs
+++ b/arrow-schema/src/datatype.rs
@@ -23,14 +23,18 @@ use crate::{Field, FieldRef, Fields, UnionFields};
 /// The set of datatypes that are supported by this implementation of Apache Arrow.
 ///
 /// The Arrow specification on data types includes some more types.
-/// See also [`Schema.fbs`](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/format/Schema.fbs)
+/// See also [`Schema.fbs`](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/format/Schema.fbs)
 /// for Arrow's specification.
 ///
 /// The variants of this enum include primitive fixed size types as well as parametric or
 /// nested types.
-/// Currently the Rust implementation supports the following  nested types:
+/// Currently the Rust implementation supports the following nested types:
 ///  - `List<T>`
+///  - `LargeList<T>`
+///  - `FixedSizeList<T>`
 ///  - `Struct<T, U, V, ...>`
+///  - `Union<T, U, V, ...>`
+///  - `Map<K, V>`
 ///
 /// Nested types can themselves be nested within other arrays.
 /// For more information on these types please see
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ pub enum DataType {
     ///
     /// Time is measured as a Unix epoch, counting the seconds from
     /// 00:00:00.000 on 1 January 1970, excluding leap seconds,
-    /// as a 64-bit integer.
+    /// as a signed 64-bit integer.
     ///
     /// The time zone is a string indicating the name of a time zone, one of:
     ///
@@ -140,15 +144,17 @@ pub enum DataType {
     /// DataType::Timestamp(TimeUnit::Second, Some("string".to_string().into()));
     /// ```
     Timestamp(TimeUnit, Option<Arc<str>>),
-    /// A 32-bit date representing the elapsed time since UNIX epoch (1970-01-01)
+    /// A signed 32-bit date representing the elapsed time since UNIX epoch (1970-01-01)
     /// in days (32 bits).
     Date32,
-    /// A 64-bit date representing the elapsed time since UNIX epoch (1970-01-01)
+    /// A signed 64-bit date representing the elapsed time since UNIX epoch (1970-01-01)
     /// in milliseconds (64 bits). Values are evenly divisible by 86400000.
     Date64,
-    /// A 32-bit time representing the elapsed time since midnight in the unit of `TimeUnit`.
+    /// A signed 32-bit time representing the elapsed time since midnight in the unit of `TimeUnit`.
+    /// Must be either seconds or milliseconds.
     Time32(TimeUnit),
-    /// A 64-bit time representing the elapsed time since midnight in the unit of `TimeUnit`.
+    /// A signed 64-bit time representing the elapsed time since midnight in the unit of `TimeUnit`.
+    /// Must be either microseconds or nanoseconds.
     Time64(TimeUnit),
     /// Measure of elapsed time in either seconds, milliseconds, microseconds or nanoseconds.
     Duration(TimeUnit),
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ pub enum DataType {
     /// Opaque binary data of variable length.
     ///
     /// A single Binary array can store up to [`i32::MAX`] bytes
-    /// of binary data in total
+    /// of binary data in total.
     Binary,
     /// Opaque binary data of fixed size.
     /// Enum parameter specifies the number of bytes per value.
@@ -167,27 +173,27 @@ pub enum DataType {
     /// Opaque binary data of variable length and 64-bit offsets.
     ///
     /// A single LargeBinary array can store up to [`i64::MAX`] bytes
-    /// of binary data in total
+    /// of binary data in total.
     LargeBinary,
-    /// A variable-length string in Unicode with UTF-8 encoding
+    /// A variable-length string in Unicode with UTF-8 encoding.
     ///
     /// A single Utf8 array can store up to [`i32::MAX`] bytes
-    /// of string data in total
+    /// of string data in total.
     Utf8,
     /// A variable-length string in Unicode with UFT-8 encoding and 64-bit offsets.
     ///
     /// A single LargeUtf8 array can store up to [`i64::MAX`] bytes
-    /// of string data in total
+    /// of string data in total.
     LargeUtf8,
     /// A list of some logical data type with variable length.
     ///
-    /// A single List array can store up to [`i32::MAX`] elements in total
+    /// A single List array can store up to [`i32::MAX`] elements in total.
     List(FieldRef),
     /// A list of some logical data type with fixed length.
     FixedSizeList(FieldRef, i32),
     /// A list of some logical data type with variable length and 64-bit offsets.
     ///
-    /// A single LargeList array can store up to [`i64::MAX`] elements in total
+    /// A single LargeList array can store up to [`i64::MAX`] elements in total.
     LargeList(FieldRef),
     /// A nested datatype that contains a number of sub-fields.
     Struct(Fields),