diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/README b/cpp/src/parquet/README
index fc16a46ca0897..7bf3a3f05a8df 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/README
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/README
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Step 1: Construct a Bloom filter with 1024 bytes of bitset.
 Step 2: Insert hashes of "hello", "parquet", "bloom", "filter" strings to Bloom filter
 by calling hash and insert APIs.
 Step 3: Call writeTo API to write to File.
+