diff --git a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java
index 932923e8..442993bf 100644
--- a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java
+++ b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java
@@ -161,20 +161,23 @@ static <K, V> List<V> consumeMessages(final String topic, final int expectedMess
 
             final List<V> recordValues = new ArrayList<>();
             await().atMost(expectedMaxDuration).pollInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1)).untilAsserted(() -> {
-                assertThat(assertAllRecordsConsumed(consumer, recordValues)).hasSize(expectedMessageCount);
+                assertThat(consumeRecordsInProgress(consumer, recordValues)).hasSize(expectedMessageCount);
             });
             return recordValues;
         }
     }
 
-    private static <K, V> List<V> assertAllRecordsConsumed(KafkaConsumer<K, V> consumer, List<V> recordValues) {
-        int recordsRetrieved = 0;
+    private static <K, V> List<V> consumeRecordsInProgress(KafkaConsumer<K, V> consumer, List<V> recordValues) {
+        int recordsRetrieved;
         do {
             final ConsumerRecords<K, V> records = consumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(500L));
             recordsRetrieved = records.count();
             for (final ConsumerRecord<K, V> record : records) {
                 recordValues.add(record.value());
             }
+            // Choosing 10 records as it allows for integration tests with a smaller max poll to be added
+            // while maintaining efficiency, a slightly larger number could be added but this is slightly more efficient
+            // than larger numbers.
         } while (recordsRetrieved > 10);
         return recordValues;
     }
diff --git a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java
index 1991b356..5a573395 100644
--- a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java
+++ b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java
@@ -230,12 +230,10 @@ void avroTest(final TestInfo testInfo) throws IOException {
         assertThat(testBucketAccessor.listObjects()).hasSize(5);
 
         // Poll Avro messages from the Kafka topic and deserialize them
+        // Waiting for 25k kafka records in this test so a longer Duration is added.
         final List<GenericRecord> records = IntegrationBase.consumeAvroMessages(topicName, numOfRecsFactor * 5,
-                Duration.ofMinutes(3), connectRunner.getBootstrapServers(), schemaRegistry.getSchemaRegistryUrl()); // Ensure
-                                                                                                                    // this
-                                                                                                                    // method
-                                                                                                                    // deserializes
-                                                                                                                    // Avro
+                Duration.ofMinutes(3), connectRunner.getBootstrapServers(), schemaRegistry.getSchemaRegistryUrl());
+        // Ensure this method deserializes Avro
 
         // Verify that the correct data is read from the S3 bucket and pushed to Kafka
         assertThat(records).map(record -> entry(record.get("id"), String.valueOf(record.get("message"))))
@@ -272,6 +270,7 @@ void parquetTest(final TestInfo testInfo) throws IOException {
             Files.delete(path);
         }
 
+        // Waiting for a small number of messages so using a smaller Duration of a minute
         final List<GenericRecord> records = IntegrationBase.consumeAvroMessages(topicName, 100, Duration.ofSeconds(60),
                 connectRunner.getBootstrapServers(), schemaRegistry.getSchemaRegistryUrl());
         final List<String> expectedRecordNames = IntStream.range(0, 100)