diff --git a/parquet/src/basic.rs b/parquet/src/basic.rs
index 97e8c22f1b2f..168429dcc27a 100644
--- a/parquet/src/basic.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/basic.rs
@@ -426,14 +426,14 @@ fn split_compression_string(str_setting: &str) -> Result<(&str, Option<u32>), Pa
 
 fn check_level_is_none(level: &Option<u32>) -> Result<(), ParquetError> {
     if level.is_some() {
-        return Err(ParquetError::General("level is not support".to_string()));
+        return Err(ParquetError::General("compression level is not supported".to_string()));
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
 fn require_level(codec: &str, level: Option<u32>) -> Result<u32, ParquetError> {
-    level.ok_or(ParquetError::General(format!("{} require level", codec)))
+    level.ok_or(ParquetError::General(format!("{} requires a compression level", codec)))
 }
 
 impl FromStr for Compression {