diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d18d577..14003102 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgconn v1.6.5-0.20200821030840-fdfc783345f6
 	github.com/jackc/pgio v1.0.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.4
-	github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.2
+	github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.3-0.20200905161353-e7d2b057a716
 	github.com/jackc/puddle v1.1.2-0.20200821025810-91d0159cc97a
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4249eec2..a511f139 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.1 h1:8PRKqCS9Nt2FQbNegoEAIlY6r/DTP2aaXyh5bAEn89g=
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.1/go.mod h1:JCULISAZBFGrHaOXIIFiyfzW5VY0GRitRr8NeJsrdig=
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.2 h1:t+6LWm5eWPLX1H5Se702JSBcirq6uWa4jiG4wV1rAWY=
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.2/go.mod h1:JCULISAZBFGrHaOXIIFiyfzW5VY0GRitRr8NeJsrdig=
+github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.3-0.20200905161353-e7d2b057a716 h1:DrP52jA32liWkjCF/g3rYC1QjnRh6kvyXaZSevAtlqE=
+github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.4.3-0.20200905161353-e7d2b057a716/go.mod h1:JCULISAZBFGrHaOXIIFiyfzW5VY0GRitRr8NeJsrdig=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-20190420224344-cc3461e65d96/go.mod h1:mdxmSJJuR08CZQyj1PVQBHy9XOp5p8/SHH6a0psbY9Y=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-20190421002000-1b8f0016e912/go.mod h1:no/Y67Jkk/9WuGR0JG/JseM9irFbnEPbuWV2EELPNuM=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-pre1.0.20190824185557-6972a5742186/go.mod h1:X+GQnOEnf1dqHGpw7JmHqHc1NxDoalibchSk9/RWuDc=
diff --git a/rows.go b/rows.go
index fe6969e8..957192f6 100644
--- a/rows.go
+++ b/rows.go
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ type Rows interface {
 
 	// Scan reads the values from the current row into dest values positionally.
 	// dest can include pointers to core types, values implementing the Scanner
-	// interface, []byte, and nil. []byte will skip the decoding process and directly
-	// copy the raw bytes received from PostgreSQL. nil will skip the value entirely.
+	// interface, and nil. nil will skip the value entirely.
 	Scan(dest ...interface{}) error
 
 	// Values returns the decoded row values.
diff --git a/values_test.go b/values_test.go
index 5884e228..5159964a 100644
--- a/values_test.go
+++ b/values_test.go
@@ -983,3 +983,47 @@ order by a nulls first
 		require.NoError(t, rows.Err())
 	})
 }
+
+func TestScanIntoByteSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	conn := mustConnectString(t, os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	defer closeConn(t, conn)
+	// Success cases
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		name             string
+		sql              string
+		resultFormatCode int16
+		output           []byte
+	}{
+		{"int - text", "select 42", pgx.TextFormatCode, []byte("42")},
+		{"text - text", "select 'hi'", pgx.TextFormatCode, []byte("hi")},
+		{"text - binary", "select 'hi'", pgx.BinaryFormatCode, []byte("hi")},
+		{"json - text", "select '{}'::json", pgx.TextFormatCode, []byte("{}")},
+		{"json - binary", "select '{}'::json", pgx.BinaryFormatCode, []byte("{}")},
+		{"jsonb - text", "select '{}'::jsonb", pgx.TextFormatCode, []byte("{}")},
+		{"jsonb - binary", "select '{}'::jsonb", pgx.BinaryFormatCode, []byte("{}")},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var buf []byte
+			err := conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), tt.sql, pgx.QueryResultFormats{tt.resultFormatCode}).Scan(&buf)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.output, buf)
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Failure cases
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		name string
+		sql  string
+		err  string
+	}{
+		{"int binary", "select 42", "can't scan into dest[0]: cannot assign 42 into *[]uint8"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var buf []byte
+			err := conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), tt.sql, pgx.QueryResultFormats{pgx.BinaryFormatCode}).Scan(&buf)
+			require.EqualError(t, err, tt.err)
+		})
+	}
+}