diff --git a/r/DESCRIPTION b/r/DESCRIPTION
index e31f2c9bd36fe..f0414c079cdcb 100644
--- a/r/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/r/DESCRIPTION
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ Imports:
     utils
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 RoxygenNote: 6.1.1
+VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Suggests:
     covr,
     fs,
     hms,
+    knitr,
     lubridate,
     rmarkdown,
     testthat,
diff --git a/r/R/parquet.R b/r/R/parquet.R
index f9ff9939b474b..5cd6a79bb4c08 100644
--- a/r/R/parquet.R
+++ b/r/R/parquet.R
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #'
 #' @inheritParams read_delim_arrow
 #' @param props [ParquetReaderProperties]
+#' @param ... Additional arguments passed to `ParquetFileReader$create()`
 #'
 #' @return A [arrow::Table][Table], or a `data.frame` if `as_tibble` is
 #' `TRUE`.
diff --git a/r/man/read_parquet.Rd b/r/man/read_parquet.Rd
index 3984f318424fd..5a12e7199f289 100644
--- a/r/man/read_parquet.Rd
+++ b/r/man/read_parquet.Rd
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ of columns, as used in \code{dplyr::select()}.}
 \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}?}
 
 \item{props}{\link{ParquetReaderProperties}}
+
+\item{...}{Additional arguments passed to \code{ParquetFileReader$create()}}
 }
 \value{
 A \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}, or a \code{data.frame} if \code{as_tibble} is