diff --git a/src/sinks/azure_blob/config.rs b/src/sinks/azure_blob/config.rs
index d494cbf832ce6..11f32900d5b32 100644
--- a/src/sinks/azure_blob/config.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/azure_blob/config.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ pub struct AzureBlobSinkConfig {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub encoding: EncodingConfigWithFraming,
 
+    /// Compression configuration.
+    ///
+    /// All compression algorithms use the default compression level unless otherwise specified.
+    ///
+    /// Some cloud storage API clients and browsers handle decompression transparently, so
+    /// depending on how they are accessed, files may not always appear to be compressed.
     #[configurable(derived)]
     #[serde(default = "Compression::gzip_default")]
     pub compression: Compression,
diff --git a/src/sinks/gcp/cloud_storage.rs b/src/sinks/gcp/cloud_storage.rs
index 5909b0f25d5e2..5e6893efd1fbc 100644
--- a/src/sinks/gcp/cloud_storage.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/gcp/cloud_storage.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ pub struct GcsSinkConfig {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     encoding: EncodingConfigWithFraming,
 
+    /// Compression configuration.
+    ///
+    /// All compression algorithms use the default compression level unless otherwise specified.
+    ///
+    /// Some cloud storage API clients and browsers handle decompression transparently, so
+    /// depending on how they are accessed, files may not always appear to be compressed.
     #[configurable(derived)]
     #[serde(default)]
     compression: Compression,
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/azure_blob.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/azure_blob.cue
index db8e6f2db91d0..575e72fc77220 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/azure_blob.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/azure_blob.cue
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ base: components: sinks: azure_blob: configuration: {
 			Compression configuration.
 
 			All compression algorithms use the default compression level unless otherwise specified.
+
+			Some cloud storage API clients and browsers handle decompression transparently, so
+			depending on how they are accessed, files may not always appear to be compressed.
 			"""
 		required: false
 		type: string: {
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/gcp_cloud_storage.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/gcp_cloud_storage.cue
index 5f61220ae500d..28285b00dd6f1 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/gcp_cloud_storage.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/gcp_cloud_storage.cue
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ base: components: sinks: gcp_cloud_storage: configuration: {
 			Compression configuration.
 
 			All compression algorithms use the default compression level unless otherwise specified.
+
+			Some cloud storage API clients and browsers handle decompression transparently, so
+			depending on how they are accessed, files may not always appear to be compressed.
 			"""
 		required: false
 		type: string: {