diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/record_batch.h b/cpp/src/arrow/record_batch.h
index c45e500a65c58..95596e9c15594 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/record_batch.h
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/record_batch.h
@@ -310,20 +310,22 @@ class ARROW_EXPORT RecordBatchReader {
   /// \brief Read the next record batch in the stream. Return null for batch
   /// when reaching end of stream
   ///
-  /// example:
+  /// Example:
+  ///
   /// ```
-  /// std::shared_ptr<RecordBatch> batch;
   /// while (true) {
+  ///   std::shared_ptr<RecordBatch> batch;
   ///   ARROW_RETURN_NOT_OK(reader->ReadNext(&batch));
-  ///   if (batch == nullptr) {
+  ///   if (!batch) {
   ///     break;
   ///   }
-  ///   // handling the `batch`
+  ///   // handling the `batch`, the `batch->num_rows()`
+  ///   // might be 0.
   /// }
   /// ```
   ///
-  /// \param[out] batch the next loaded batch, null at end of stream. Return
-  /// a empty batch doesn't means the end of stream, it could be a empty batch.
+  /// \param[out] batch the next loaded batch, null at end of stream. Returning
+  /// an empty batch doesn't mean the end of stream because it is valid data.
   /// \return Status
   virtual Status ReadNext(std::shared_ptr<RecordBatch>* batch) = 0;