diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs
index a2e6b9fd2a..f9a1769e05 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ impl ByteStream {
     pub fn skip(self, span: Span, n: u64) -> Result<Self, ShellError> {
         if let Some(mut reader) = self.reader() {
             // Copy the number of skipped bytes into the sink before proceeding
-            io::copy(&mut (&mut reader).take(n as u64), &mut io::sink()).err_span(span)?;
+            io::copy(&mut (&mut reader).take(n), &mut io::sink()).err_span(span)?;
             Ok(ByteStream::read(
                 reader,
                 span,
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ impl ByteStream {
                 ByteStreamType::Binary,
             ))
         } else {
-            return Err(ShellError::TypeMismatch {
+            Err(ShellError::TypeMismatch {
                 err_message: "expected readable stream".into(),
                 span,
-            });
+            })
         }
     }
 
@@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ impl ByteStream {
                 ByteStreamType::Binary,
             ))
         } else {
-            return Err(ShellError::TypeMismatch {
+            Err(ShellError::TypeMismatch {
                 err_message: "expected readable stream".into(),
                 span,
-            });
+            })
         }
     }
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl ByteStream {
             }
             None if start < 0 || end < 0 => Err(ShellError::IncorrectValue {
                 msg:
-                    "Negative range values cannot be used with streams that don't specify a length"
+                    "Relative range values cannot be used with streams that don't specify a length"
                         .into(),
                 val_span,
                 call_span,