diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/models/kafka.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/models/kafka.py
index b22c3a2613a..df232469b95 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/models/kafka.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/models/kafka.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Type, Union
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, field_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
 
 from aws_lambda_powertools.shared.functions import base64_decode, bytes_to_string, decode_header_bytes
 
@@ -9,21 +9,68 @@
 
 
 class KafkaRecordSchemaMetadata(BaseModel):
-    dataFormat: str
-    schemaId: str
+    dataFormat: str = Field(
+        description="The data format of the schema (e.g., AVRO, JSON).",
+        examples=["AVRO", "JSON", "PROTOBUF"],
+    )
+    schemaId: str = Field(
+        description="The unique identifier of the schema.",
+        examples=["1234", "5678", "schema-abc-123"],
+    )
 
 
 class KafkaRecordModel(BaseModel):
-    topic: str
-    partition: int
-    offset: int
-    timestamp: datetime
-    timestampType: str
-    key: Optional[bytes] = None
-    value: Union[str, Type[BaseModel]]
-    headers: List[Dict[str, bytes]]
-    keySchemaMetadata: Optional[KafkaRecordSchemaMetadata] = None
-    valueSchemaMetadata: Optional[KafkaRecordSchemaMetadata] = None
+    topic: str = Field(
+        description="The Kafka topic name from which the record originated.",
+        examples=["mytopic", "user-events", "order-processing", "mymessage-with-unsigned"],
+    )
+    partition: int = Field(
+        description="The partition number within the topic from which the record was consumed.",
+        examples=[0, 1, 5, 10],
+    )
+    offset: int = Field(
+        description="The offset of the record within the partition.",
+        examples=[15, 123, 456789, 1000000],
+    )
+    timestamp: datetime = Field(
+        description="The timestamp of the record.",
+        examples=[1545084650987, 1640995200000, 1672531200000],
+    )
+    timestampType: str = Field(
+        description="The type of timestamp (CREATE_TIME or LOG_APPEND_TIME).",
+        examples=["CREATE_TIME", "LOG_APPEND_TIME"],
+    )
+    key: Optional[bytes] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="The message key, base64-encoded. Can be null for messages without keys.",
+        examples=["cmVjb3JkS2V5", "dXNlci0xMjM=", "b3JkZXItNDU2", None],
+    )
+    value: Union[str, Type[BaseModel]] = Field(
+        description="The message value, base64-encoded.",
+        examples=[
+            "eyJrZXkiOiJ2YWx1ZSJ9",
+            "eyJtZXNzYWdlIjogIkhlbGxvIEthZmthIn0=",
+            "eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjogMTIzLCAiYWN0aW9uIjogImxvZ2luIn0=",
+        ],
+    )
+    headers: List[Dict[str, bytes]] = Field(
+        description="A list of message headers as key-value pairs with byte array values.",
+        examples=[
+            [{"headerKey": [104, 101, 97, 100, 101, 114, 86, 97, 108, 117, 101]}],
+            [{"contentType": [97, 112, 112, 108, 105, 99, 97, 116, 105, 111, 110, 47, 106, 115, 111, 110]}],
+            [],
+        ],
+    )
+    keySchemaMetadata: Optional[KafkaRecordSchemaMetadata] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Schema metadata for the message key when using schema registry.",
+        examples=[{"dataFormat": "AVRO", "schemaId": "1234"}, None],
+    )
+    valueSchemaMetadata: Optional[KafkaRecordSchemaMetadata] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Schema metadata for the message value when using schema registry.",
+        examples=[{"dataFormat": "AVRO", "schemaId": "1234"}, None],
+    )
 
     # key is optional; only decode if not None
     @field_validator("key", mode="before")
@@ -44,8 +91,23 @@ def decode_headers_list(cls, value):
 
 
 class KafkaBaseEventModel(BaseModel):
-    bootstrapServers: List[str]
-    records: Dict[str, List[KafkaRecordModel]]
+    bootstrapServers: List[str] = Field(
+        description="A list of Kafka bootstrap servers (broker endpoints).",
+        examples=[
+            ["b-2.demo-cluster-1.a1bcde.c1.kafka.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:9092"],
+            [
+                "b-1.demo-cluster-1.a1bcde.c1.kafka.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:9092",
+                "b-2.demo-cluster-1.a1bcde.c1.kafka.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:9092",
+            ],
+        ],
+    )
+    records: Dict[str, List[KafkaRecordModel]] = Field(
+        description="A dictionary mapping topic-partition combinations to lists of Kafka records.",
+        examples=[
+            {"mytopic-0": [{"topic": "mytopic", "partition": 0, "offset": 15}]},
+            {"user-events-1": [{"topic": "user-events", "partition": 1, "offset": 123}]},
+        ],
+    )
 
     @field_validator("bootstrapServers", mode="before")
     def split_servers(cls, value):
@@ -59,7 +121,10 @@ class KafkaSelfManagedEventModel(KafkaBaseEventModel):
     - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/with-kafka.html
     """
 
-    eventSource: Literal["SelfManagedKafka"]
+    eventSource: Literal["SelfManagedKafka"] = Field(
+        description="The event source identifier for self-managed Kafka.",
+        examples=["SelfManagedKafka"],
+    )
 
 
 class KafkaMskEventModel(KafkaBaseEventModel):
@@ -69,5 +134,14 @@ class KafkaMskEventModel(KafkaBaseEventModel):
     - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/with-msk.html
     """
 
-    eventSource: Literal["aws:kafka"]
-    eventSourceArn: str
+    eventSource: Literal["aws:kafka"] = Field(
+        description="The AWS service that invoked the function.",
+        examples=["aws:kafka"],
+    )
+    eventSourceArn: str = Field(
+        description="The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the MSK cluster.",
+        examples=[
+            "arn:aws:kafka:us-east-1:0123456789019:cluster/SalesCluster/abcd1234-abcd-cafe-abab-9876543210ab-4",
+            "arn:aws:kafka:eu-central-1:123456789012:cluster/MyCluster/xyz789-1234-5678-90ab-cdef12345678-2",
+        ],
+    )