diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
index b47c4a4dca7f..2ec996b0fc5d 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #### Breaking Changes
 
 #### Bugs Fixed
+- Fixed parsing of args for overloaded `container.read()` method.
 
 #### Other Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/container.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/container.py
index 8f9b0661dd4c..6be5d17c8561 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/container.py
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/container.py
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ def read(
                 "the populate_query_metrics flag does not apply to this method and will be removed in the future",
                 UserWarning,
             )
-        populate_partition_key_range_statistics = args[1] if args and len(args) > 0 else kwargs.pop(
+        populate_partition_key_range_statistics = args[1] if args and len(args) > 1 else kwargs.pop(
             "populate_partition_key_range_statistics", None)
-        populate_quota_info = args[2] if args and len(args) > 1 else kwargs.pop("populate_quota_info", None)
+        populate_quota_info = args[2] if args and len(args) > 2 else kwargs.pop("populate_quota_info", None)
         if populate_partition_key_range_statistics is not None:
             request_options["populatePartitionKeyRangeStatistics"] = populate_partition_key_range_statistics
         if populate_quota_info is not None: