diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MaxLength.scala b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MaxLength.scala
index 69a39eb1..141d92fb 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MaxLength.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MaxLength.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ case class MaxLength(column: String, where: Option[String] = None, analyzerOptio
   with FilterableAnalyzer {
 
   override def aggregationFunctions(): Seq[Column] = {
+    // The criterion returns a column where each row contains an array of 2 elements.
+    // The first element of the array is a string that indicates if the row is "in scope" or "filtered" out.
+    // The second element is the value used for calculating the metric. We use "element_at" to extract it.
     max(element_at(criterion, 2).cast(DoubleType)) :: Nil
   }
 
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ case class MaxLength(column: String, where: Option[String] = None, analyzerOptio
       case NullBehavior.Fail => when(isNullCheck, Double.MaxValue).otherwise(colLength)
       // Empty String is 0 length string
       case NullBehavior.EmptyString => when(isNullCheck, lit(0.0)).otherwise(colLength)
-      case NullBehavior.Ignore => length(col(column))
+      case NullBehavior.Ignore => colLength
     }
 
     conditionalSelectionWithAugmentedOutcome(updatedColumn, where)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Maximum.scala b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Maximum.scala
index 90143f5e..1e52a7ae 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Maximum.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Maximum.scala
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ case class Maximum(column: String, where: Option[String] = None, analyzerOptions
   with FilterableAnalyzer {
 
   override def aggregationFunctions(): Seq[Column] = {
+    // The criterion returns a column where each row contains an array of 2 elements.
+    // The first element of the array is a string that indicates if the row is "in scope" or "filtered" out.
+    // The second element is the value used for calculating the metric. We use "element_at" to extract it.
     max(element_at(criterion, 2).cast(DoubleType)) :: Nil
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MinLength.scala b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MinLength.scala
index dd982b4e..ddc4497b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MinLength.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/MinLength.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ case class MinLength(column: String, where: Option[String] = None, analyzerOptio
   with FilterableAnalyzer {
 
   override def aggregationFunctions(): Seq[Column] = {
+    // The criterion returns a column where each row contains an array of 2 elements.
+    // The first element of the array is a string that indicates if the row is "in scope" or "filtered" out.
+    // The second element is the value used for calculating the metric. We use "element_at" to extract it.
     min(element_at(criterion, 2).cast(DoubleType)) :: Nil
   }
 
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ case class MinLength(column: String, where: Option[String] = None, analyzerOptio
       case NullBehavior.Fail => when(isNullCheck, Double.MinValue).otherwise(colLength)
       // Empty String is 0 length string
       case NullBehavior.EmptyString => when(isNullCheck, lit(0.0)).otherwise(colLength)
-      case NullBehavior.Ignore => length(col(column))
+      case NullBehavior.Ignore => colLength
     }
 
     conditionalSelectionWithAugmentedOutcome(updatedColumn, where)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Minimum.scala b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Minimum.scala
index ffc78d27..701ae0f0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Minimum.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/amazon/deequ/analyzers/Minimum.scala
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ case class Minimum(column: String, where: Option[String] = None, analyzerOptions
   with FilterableAnalyzer {
 
   override def aggregationFunctions(): Seq[Column] = {
+    // The criterion returns a column where each row contains an array of 2 elements.
+    // The first element of the array is a string that indicates if the row is "in scope" or "filtered" out.
+    // The second element is the value used for calculating the metric. We use "element_at" to extract it.
     min(element_at(criterion, 2).cast(DoubleType)) :: Nil
   }