diff --git a/VariantEncoding.md b/VariantEncoding.md
index b78c02ef..9b86216c 100644
--- a/VariantEncoding.md
+++ b/VariantEncoding.md
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ The Decimal type contains a scale, but no precision. The implied precision of a
 | Timestamp            | timestamp                   | `12`    | TIMESTAMP(isAdjustedToUTC=true, MICROS)     | 8-byte little-endian                                                                                |
 | TimestampNTZ         | timestamp without time zone | `13`    | TIMESTAMP(isAdjustedToUTC=false, MICROS)    | 8-byte little-endian                                                                                |
 | Float                | float                       | `14`    | FLOAT                       | IEEE little-endian                                                                                                  |
-| Binary               | binary                      | `15`    | BINARY                      | 4 byte little-endian size, followed by bytes                                                                        |
+| Binary               | binary                      | `15`    | BYTE_ARRAY                  | 4 byte little-endian size, followed by bytes                                                                        |
 | String               | string                      | `16`    | STRING                      | 4 byte little-endian size, followed by UTF-8 encoded bytes                                                          |
 | TimeNTZ              | time without time zone      | `17`    | TIME(isAdjustedToUTC=false, MICROS)          | 8-byte little-endian                                                                               |
 | Timestamp            | timestamp with time zone    | `18`    | TIMESTAMP(isAdjustedToUTC=true, NANOS)       | 8-byte little-endian                                                                               |
diff --git a/VariantShredding.md b/VariantShredding.md
index 4f7d6142..60f1422a 100644
--- a/VariantShredding.md
+++ b/VariantShredding.md
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ Shredded values must use the following Parquet types:
 | timestamptz(9)              | INT64                             | TIMESTAMP(true, NANOS)   |
 | timestampntz(6)             | INT64                             | TIMESTAMP(false, MICROS) |
 | timestampntz(9)             | INT64                             | TIMESTAMP(false, NANOS)  |
-| binary                      | BINARY                            |                          |
-| string                      | BINARY                            | STRING                   |
+| binary                      | BYTE_ARRAY                        |                          |
+| string                      | BYTE_ARRAY                        | STRING                   |
 | uuid                        | FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY[len=16]      | UUID                     |
 | array                       | GROUP; see Arrays below           | LIST                     |
 | object                      | GROUP; see Objects below          |                          |