diff --git a/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/README.md b/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/README.md
index becbe410b..1cd3251c9 100644
--- a/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/README.md
@@ -1 +1,60 @@
-# Splunk Search API Receiver
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+# Splunk Search API Receiver
+This receiver collects Splunk events using the [Splunk Search API](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.3.1/RESTREF/RESTsearch).
+
+## Supported Pipelines
+- Logs
+
+## Prerequisites
+- Splunk admin credentials
+- Configured storage extension
+
+## Configuration
+| Field               | Type     | Default                                                                                         | Description                                                                                                                                                             |
+|---------------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| endpoint                   | string   | `required` `(no default)`                                                                 | The endpoint of the splunk instance to collect from.                                                                                                                                         |
+| splunk_username            | string   | `(no default)`                                                                           | Specifies the username used to authenticate to Splunk using basic auth.                                                                                                           |
+| splunk_password            | string   | `(no default)`                                                                           | Specifies the password used to authenticate to Splunk using basic auth.                                                                                                           |
+| auth_token                    | string   | `(no default)`                                                                           | Specifies the token used to authenticate to Splunk using token auth. |
+| token_type                    | string   | `(no default)`                                                                           | Specifies the type of token used to authenticate to Splunk using token auth. Accepted values are "Bearer" or "Splunk". |
+| job_poll_interval | duration | `5s` | The receiver uses an API call to determine if a search has completed. Specifies how long to wait between polling for search job completion. |
+| searches.query | string | `required (no default)` | The Splunk search to run to retrieve the desired events. Queries must start with `search` and should not contain additional commands, nor any time fields (e.g. `earliesttime`) |
+| searches.earliest_time | string | `required (no default)` | The earliest timestamp to collect logs. Only logs that occurred at or after this timestamp will be collected. Must be in ISO 8601 or RFC3339 format. |
+| searches.latest_time | string | `required (no default)` | The latest timestamp to collect logs. Only logs that occurred at or before this timestamp will be collected. Must be in ISO 8601 or RFC3339 format. |
+| searches.event_batch_size | int | `100` | The amount of events to query from Splunk for a single request. |
+| storage | component | `required (no default)` | The component ID of a storage extension which can be used when polling for `logs`. The storage extension prevents duplication of data after an exporter error by remembering which events were previously exported. |
+
+### Example Configuration
+```yaml
+receivers:
+  splunksearchapi:
+    endpoint: "https://splunk-c4-0.example.localnet:8089"
+    tls:
+      insecure_skip_verify: true
+    splunk_username: "user"
+    splunk_password: "pass"
+    job_poll_interval: 5s
+    searches:
+      - query: 'search index=my_index'
+        earliest_time: "2024-11-01T01:00:00.000-05:00"
+        latest_time: "2024-11-30T23:59:59.999-05:00"
+        event_batch_size: 500
+    storage: file_storage
+exporters:
+  googlecloud:
+    project: "my-gcp-project"
+    log: 
+      default_log_name: "splunk-events"
+    sending_queue:
+      enabled: false
+
+extensions:
+  file_storage:
+    directory: "./local/storage"
+
+service:
+  extensions: [file_storage]
+  pipelines:
+    logs:
+      receivers: [splunksearchapi]
+      exporters: [googlecloud]
+```
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diff --git a/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/receiver.go
index ebebc5db5..a6c5ae27e 100644
--- a/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/splunksearchapireceiver/receiver.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (ssapir *splunksearchapireceiver) getSplunkSearchResults(sid string, offset
 }
 
 func (ssapir *splunksearchapireceiver) initCheckpoint(ctx context.Context) error {
-	ssapir.logger.Info("initializing checkpoint")
+	ssapir.logger.Debug("initializing checkpoint")
 	// if a checkpoint already exists, use the offset from the checkpoint
 	if err := ssapir.loadCheckpoint(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load checkpoint: %w", err)