diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/list_view_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/list_view_array.rs
index 64306e91827c..ba5fc139e1bb 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/list_view_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/list_view_array.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ impl<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait> GenericListViewArray<OffsetSize> {
     }
 
     /// Returns ith value of this list view array.
+    /// # Panics
+    /// Panics if the index is out of bounds
     pub fn value(&self, i: usize) -> ArrayRef {
         let offset = self.value_offsets()[i].as_usize();
         let length = self.value_sizes()[i].as_usize();