diff --git a/cpp/examples/arrow/parquet_read_write.cc b/cpp/examples/arrow/parquet_read_write.cc
index a07c10fda5af8..7a2fe6f070a56 100644
--- a/cpp/examples/arrow/parquet_read_write.cc
+++ b/cpp/examples/arrow/parquet_read_write.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 arrow::Status ReadFullFile(std::string path_to_file) {
   // #include "arrow/io/api.h"
-  // #include "arrow/parquet/arrow/reader.h"
+  // #include "parquet/arrow/reader.h"
 
   arrow::MemoryPool* pool = arrow::default_memory_pool();
   std::shared_ptr<arrow::io::RandomAccessFile> input;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ arrow::Status ReadFullFile(std::string path_to_file) {
 
 arrow::Status ReadInBatches(std::string path_to_file) {
   // #include "arrow/io/api.h"
-  // #include "arrow/parquet/arrow/reader.h"
+  // #include "parquet/arrow/reader.h"
 
   arrow::MemoryPool* pool = arrow::default_memory_pool();