diff --git a/src/table.ts b/src/table.ts
index dae1ef04..c555e41e 100644
--- a/src/table.ts
+++ b/src/table.ts
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ class Table extends ServiceObject {
        * is normally required for the `create` method must be contained within
        * this object as well.
        *
+       * If you wish to get a selection of metadata instead of the full table metadata
+       * (retrieved by both Table#get by default and by Table#getMetadata), use
+       * the `options` parameter to set the `view` and/or `selectedFields` query parameters.
+       *
+       * See {@link https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables/get#TableMetadataView| Tables.get and TableMetadataView }
+       *
        * @method Table#get
        * @param {options} [options] Configuration object.
        * @param {boolean} [options.autoCreate=false] Automatically create the
@@ -392,10 +398,18 @@ class Table extends ServiceObject {
        *
        * const table = dataset.table('my-table');
        *
+       * const options = {
+       *   view: "BASIC"
+       * }
+       *
        * table.get((err, table, apiResponse) => {
        *   // `table.metadata` has been populated.
        * });
        *
+       * table.get(options, (err, table, apiResponse) => {
+       *   // A selection of `table.metadata` has been populated
+       * })
+       *
        * //-
        * // If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
        * //-
diff --git a/system-test/bigquery.ts b/system-test/bigquery.ts
index fb6b3f39..390f9e3c 100644
--- a/system-test/bigquery.ts
+++ b/system-test/bigquery.ts
@@ -866,7 +866,6 @@ describe('BigQuery', () => {
       stream
         .pipe(table.createInsertStream())
         .on('response', (response: InsertRowsStreamResponse) => {
-          console.log(response);
           assert.deepStrictEqual(response.kind, expectedResponse);
           done();
         });
@@ -888,9 +887,32 @@ describe('BigQuery', () => {
       const description = 'catsandstuff';
       await table.setMetadata({description});
       const [metadata] = await table.getMetadata();
+      const metadataProps = Object.keys(metadata);
+      assert.strictEqual(metadataProps.includes('numBytes'), true);
+      assert.notStrictEqual(metadata.numBytes, undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(metadataProps.includes('lastModifiedTime'), true);
+      assert.notStrictEqual(metadata.lastModifiedTime, undefined);
       assert.strictEqual(metadata.description, description);
     });
 
+    it('should set & get partial metadata', async () => {
+      const options = {
+        view: 'BASIC',
+      };
+      const [basicMetadata] = await table.get(options);
+      const basicMetadataProps = Object.values(
+        Object.keys(basicMetadata.metadata)
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(basicMetadataProps.includes('numBytes'), false);
+      assert.strictEqual(basicMetadata.metadata.numBytes, undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        basicMetadataProps.includes('lastModifiedTime'),
+        false
+      );
+      assert.strictEqual(basicMetadata.metadata.lastModifiedTime, undefined);
+    });
+
     describe('copying', () => {
       interface TableItem {
         data?: {tableId?: number};