diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08eb47626..d268b45e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,19 +89,19 @@ more pages.
 This file and the [Thrift definition](src/main/thrift/parquet.thrift) should be read together to understand the format.
 
     4-byte magic number "PAR1"
-    <Column 1 Chunk 1 + Page Metadata>
-    <Column 2 Chunk 1 + Page Metadata>
+    <Column 1 Chunk 1>
+    <Column 2 Chunk 1>
     ...
-    <Column N Chunk 1 + Page Metadata>
-    <Column 1 Chunk 2 + Page Metadata>
-    <Column 2 Chunk 2 + Page Metadata>
+    <Column N Chunk 1>
+    <Column 1 Chunk 2>
+    <Column 2 Chunk 2>
     ...
-    <Column N Chunk 2 + Page Metadata>
+    <Column N Chunk 2>
     ...
-    <Column 1 Chunk M + Page Metadata>
-    <Column 2 Chunk M + Page Metadata>
+    <Column 1 Chunk M>
+    <Column 2 Chunk M>
     ...
-    <Column N Chunk M + Page Metadata>
+    <Column N Chunk M>
     File Metadata
     4-byte length in bytes of file metadata (little endian)
     4-byte magic number "PAR1"