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diff --git a/docs/content/concepts/dagster-pipes/aws-glue.mdx b/docs/content/concepts/dagster-pipes/aws-glue.mdx
index 6c4c584597ff0..8ecdc3b9e1eb4 100644
--- a/docs/content/concepts/dagster-pipes/aws-glue.mdx
+++ b/docs/content/concepts/dagster-pipes/aws-glue.mdx
@@ -46,24 +46,26 @@ Call `open_dagster_pipes` in the Glue job script to create a context that can be
 import boto3
 from dagster_pipes import (
     PipesCliArgsParamsLoader,
+    PipesDefaultMessageWriter,
     PipesS3ContextLoader,
-    PipesS3MessageWriter,
     open_dagster_pipes,
 )
 
 client = boto3.client("s3")
 context_loader = PipesS3ContextLoader(client)
-message_writer = PipesS3MessageWriter(client)
 params_loader = PipesCliArgsParamsLoader()
 
 
 def main():
     with open_dagster_pipes(
         context_loader=context_loader,
-        message_writer=message_writer,
         params_loader=params_loader,
     ) as pipes:
         pipes.log.info("Hello from AWS Glue job!")
+        pipes.report_asset_materialization(
+            metadata={"some_metric": {"raw_value": 0, "type": "int"}},
+            data_version="alpha",
+        )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ Next, add the `PipesGlueClient` resource to your project's <PyObject object="Def
 
 ```python file=/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/dagster_code.py startafter=start_definitions_marker endbefore=end_definitions_marker
 from dagster import Definitions  # noqa
-from dagster_aws.pipes import PipesGlueContextInjector, PipesS3MessageReader
+from dagster_aws.pipes import PipesGlueContextInjector
 
 
 bucket = os.environ["DAGSTER_GLUE_S3_CONTEXT_BUCKET"]
@@ -122,9 +124,6 @@ defs = Definitions(
                 client=boto3.client("s3"),
                 bucket=bucket,
             ),
-            message_reader=PipesS3MessageReader(
-                client=boto3.client("s3"), bucket=bucket
-            ),
         )
     },
 )
diff --git a/docs/next/public/objects.inv b/docs/next/public/objects.inv
index 048165c370bad..00f04269cfa08 100644
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diff --git a/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/dagster_code.py b/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/dagster_code.py
index 0dc0fb168ae56..24345a471d583 100644
--- a/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/dagster_code.py
+++ b/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/dagster_code.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def glue_pipes_asset(
 # start_definitions_marker
 
 from dagster import Definitions  # noqa
-from dagster_aws.pipes import PipesGlueContextInjector, PipesS3MessageReader
+from dagster_aws.pipes import PipesGlueContextInjector
 
 
 bucket = os.environ["DAGSTER_GLUE_S3_CONTEXT_BUCKET"]
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ def glue_pipes_asset(
                 client=boto3.client("s3"),
                 bucket=bucket,
             ),
-            message_reader=PipesS3MessageReader(
-                client=boto3.client("s3"), bucket=bucket
-            ),
         )
     },
 )
diff --git a/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/glue_script.py b/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/glue_script.py
index 8402f980f1866..c3f90829af69c 100644
--- a/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/glue_script.py
+++ b/examples/docs_snippets/docs_snippets/guides/dagster/dagster_pipes/glue/glue_script.py
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 import boto3
 from dagster_pipes import (
     PipesCliArgsParamsLoader,
+    PipesDefaultMessageWriter,
     PipesS3ContextLoader,
-    PipesS3MessageWriter,
     open_dagster_pipes,
 )
 
 client = boto3.client("s3")
 context_loader = PipesS3ContextLoader(client)
-message_writer = PipesS3MessageWriter(client)
 params_loader = PipesCliArgsParamsLoader()
 
 
 def main():
     with open_dagster_pipes(
         context_loader=context_loader,
-        message_writer=message_writer,
         params_loader=params_loader,
     ) as pipes:
         pipes.log.info("Hello from AWS Glue job!")
+        pipes.report_asset_materialization(
+            metadata={"some_metric": {"raw_value": 0, "type": "int"}},
+            data_version="alpha",
+        )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-aws/dagster_aws/pipes.py b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-aws/dagster_aws/pipes.py
index 08b729fa18a38..6805042aba212 100644
--- a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-aws/dagster_aws/pipes.py
+++ b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-aws/dagster_aws/pipes.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class PipesCloudWatchMessageReader(PipesMessageReader):
 
     def __init__(self, client: Optional[boto3.client] = None):
         """Args:
-        client (boto3.client): boto3 CloudWatch client.
+            client (boto3.client): boto3 CloudWatch client.
         """
         self.client = client or boto3.client("logs")
 
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ def consume_cloudwatch_logs(
         start_time: Optional[int] = None,
         end_time: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> None:
+        """Reads logs from AWS CloudWatch and forwards them to Dagster for events extraction and logging.
+
+        Args:
+            log_group (str): CloudWatch log group name
+            log_stream (str): CLoudWatch log stream name
+            start_time (Optional[int]): The start of the time range, expressed as the number of 
+                milliseconds after Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. Events with a timestamp equal to this 
+                time or later than this time are included. 
+                Events with a timestamp earlier than this time are not included.
+            end_time (Optional[int]): The end of the time range, expressed as the number of 
+                milliseconds after Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. Events with a timestamp equal to or 
+                later than this time are not included.
+        """
         handler = check.not_none(
             self._handler, "Can only consume logs within context manager scope."
         )
@@ -216,7 +229,7 @@ def consume_cloudwatch_logs(
                     extract_message_or_forward_to_stdout(handler, log_line)
 
     def no_messages_debug_text(self) -> str:
-        return "Attempted to read messages by extracting them from the tail of CloudWatch logs directly."
+        return "Attempted to read messages by extracting them from CloudWatch logs directly."
 
     def _get_all_cloudwatch_events(
         self,