diff --git a/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/README.md b/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/README.md
index 0799dd8fa..3d44071ab 100644
--- a/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/README.md
+++ b/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ let config_account = VerifierInstructions::get_config_pda(&signed_report, verifi
 #### Creating Instructions
 ```rust
 use verify_sdk::VerifierInstructions;
+use snap::raw::Encoder;
+
+// Reports must be compressed with snappy format prior to being sent to the verifier program 
+let mut encoder = Encoder::new();
+let compressed_report = encoder.compress_vec(&signed_report).expect("Compression failed");
 
 // Create a verify instruction
 let ix = VerifierInstructions::verify(
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ let ix = VerifierInstructions::verify(
     &access_controller,   // Access controller account pubkey
     &user,                // User account (must be signer)
     &config_account,      // Report Config PDA derived from report bytes (prevously derived PDA)
-    signed_report,        // Report bytes from Data Streams Off-Chain Server
+    compressed_report,    // Report bytes from Data Streams DON compressed in snappy format
 );
 ```
 
diff --git a/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/src/lib.rs b/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/src/lib.rs
index 78d9805b1..0bb942dbb 100644
--- a/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/crates/chainlink-solana-data-streams/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ impl VerifierInstructions {
     /// * `program_id` - The public key of the verifier program.
     /// * `verifier_account` - The public key of the verifier account. The function [`Self::get_verifier_config_pda`] can be used to calculate this.
     /// * `access_controller_account` - The public key of the access controller account.
-    /// * `user` - The public key of the user - this account must be a signer
+    /// * `user` - The public key of the user - this account must be a signer.
     /// * `report_config_account` - The public key of the report configuration account. The function [`Self::get_config_pda`] can be used to calculate this.
-    /// * `signed_report` - The signed report data as a vector of bytes. Returned from data streams API/WS
+    /// * `signed_report` - Report bytes from Data Streams DON compressed in snappy format
     ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl VerifierInstructions {
     }
 
     /// Helper to compute the report config PDA account. This uses the first 32 bytes of the
-    /// uncompressed report as the seed. This is validated within the verifier program
+    /// raw uncompressed report as the seed. This is validated within the verifier program
     pub fn get_config_pda(report: &[u8], program_id: &Pubkey) -> Pubkey {
         Pubkey::find_program_address(&[&report[..32]], program_id).0
     }