diff --git a/rust/lance-linalg/src/distance.rs b/rust/lance-linalg/src/distance.rs
index 79df808670..2ebc4e8edc 100644
--- a/rust/lance-linalg/src/distance.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-linalg/src/distance.rs
@@ -94,10 +94,9 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for DistanceType {
             "l2" | "euclidean" => Ok(Self::L2),
             "cosine" => Ok(Self::Cosine),
             "dot" => Ok(Self::Dot),
-            _ => Err(ArrowError::InvalidArgumentError(
-                format!("Metric type '{s}' is not supported,")
-                    + "only 'l2'/'euclidean, 'cosine', and 'dot' are supported.",
-            )),
+            _ => Err(ArrowError::InvalidArgumentError(format!(
+                "Metric type '{s}' is not supported"
+            ))),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/lance-linalg/src/matrix.rs b/rust/lance-linalg/src/matrix.rs
index 69bacd0022..6b778f5c90 100644
--- a/rust/lance-linalg/src/matrix.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-linalg/src/matrix.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ where
 mod tests {
     use std::collections::HashSet;
 
+    use arrow_array::Float32Array;
+
     #[cfg(feature = "opq")]
     use approx::assert_relative_eq;
 
@@ -337,13 +339,13 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_dot_on_transposed_mat() {
         // A[2,3]
         let a_data = Arc::new(Float32Array::from_iter((1..=6).map(|v| v as f32)));
-        let a = MatrixView::new(a_data, 3);
+        let a = MatrixView::<Float32Array>::new(a_data, 3);
 
         // B[3,2]
         let b_data = Arc::new(Float32Array::from_iter_values([
             2.0, 3.0, 6.0, 7.0, 10.0, 11.0,
         ]));
-        let b = MatrixView::new(b_data, 2);
+        let b = MatrixView::<Float32Array>::new(b_data, 2);
 
         let c_t = b.transpose().dot(&a.transpose()).unwrap();
         let expected = vec![44.0, 98.0, 50.0, 113.0];