diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/README.md b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
index 8210533c85f1e3..43143c497503bf 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/README.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
@@ -152,11 +152,13 @@ source:
   config:
     connection:
       bootstrap: "broker:9092"
-      consumer_config: {} # passed to https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#serde-consumer
+      consumer_config: {} # passed to https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#confluent_kafka.DeserializingConsumer
       schema_registry_url: http://localhost:8081
       schema_registry_config: {} # passed to https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#confluent_kafka.schema_registry.SchemaRegistryClient
 ```
 
+The options in the consumer config and schema registry config are passed to the Kafka DeserializingConsumer and SchemaRegistryClient respectively.
+
 For a full example with a number of security options, see this [example recipe](./examples/recipes/secured_kafka.yml).
 
 ### MySQL Metadata `mysql`
@@ -895,11 +897,13 @@ sink:
   config:
     connection:
       bootstrap: "localhost:9092"
-      producer_config: {} # passed to https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#serializingproducer
+      producer_config: {} # passed to https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#confluent_kafka.SerializingProducer
       schema_registry_url: "http://localhost:8081"
       schema_registry_config: {} # passed to https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#confluent_kafka.schema_registry.SchemaRegistryClient
 ```
 
+The options in the producer config and schema registry config are passed to the Kafka SerializingProducer and SchemaRegistryClient respectively.
+
 For a full example with a number of security options, see this [example recipe](./examples/recipes/secured_kafka.yml).
 
 ### Console `console`