diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-avocados-play.md b/.changeset/rotten-avocados-play.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ca7b0798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-avocados-play.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@flatfile/plugin-delimiter-extractor': patch
+'@flatfile/plugin-xlsx-extractor': patch
+---
+
+Update to documentation
diff --git a/plugins/delimiter-extractor/ref/csv.txt b/plugins/delimiter-extractor/ref/test-empty-lines.txt
similarity index 94%
rename from plugins/delimiter-extractor/ref/csv.txt
rename to plugins/delimiter-extractor/ref/test-empty-lines.txt
index 871f047ec..179df7855 100644
--- a/plugins/delimiter-extractor/ref/csv.txt
+++ b/plugins/delimiter-extractor/ref/test-empty-lines.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 header1,header2,header3
 column1,column2,column3
-,,
+ , , 
 ,,
 column4,column5,column6
 column7,column8,column9
diff --git a/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.spec.ts b/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.spec.ts
index b09a50190..6f4c5b0c6 100644
--- a/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.spec.ts
+++ b/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.spec.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ describe('parser', () => {
     path.join(__dirname, '../ref/test-complex.pound')
   )
 
-  const csvBuffer: Buffer = fs.readFileSync(
-    path.join(__dirname, '../ref/csv.txt')
+  const emptyLinesBuffer: Buffer = fs.readFileSync(
+    path.join(__dirname, '../ref/test-empty-lines.txt')
   )
 
   test('colon to WorkbookCapture', async () => {
@@ -139,12 +139,41 @@ describe('parser', () => {
       parseBuffer(colonBasicBuffer, { delimiter: '#' })
     )
   })
-  test('skip empty lines', async () => {
-    const parsedBuffer = await parseBuffer(csvBuffer, {
+  test('skip empty lines: true', async () => {
+    const parsedBuffer = await parseBuffer(emptyLinesBuffer, {
       delimiter: ',',
       skipEmptyLines: true,
     })
     const data = parsedBuffer.Sheet1.data
+    expect(data).toEqual([
+      {
+        header1: { value: 'column1' },
+        header2: { value: 'column2' },
+        header3: { value: 'column3' },
+      },
+      {
+        header1: { value: ' ' },
+        header2: { value: ' ' },
+        header3: { value: ' ' },
+      },
+      {
+        header1: { value: 'column4' },
+        header2: { value: 'column5' },
+        header3: { value: 'column6' },
+      },
+      {
+        header1: { value: 'column7' },
+        header2: { value: 'column8' },
+        header3: { value: 'column9' },
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+  test('skip empty lines: greedy', async () => {
+    const parsedBuffer = await parseBuffer(emptyLinesBuffer, {
+      delimiter: ',',
+      skipEmptyLines: 'greedy',
+    })
+    const data = parsedBuffer.Sheet1.data
     expect(data).toEqual([
       {
         header1: { value: 'column1' },
@@ -163,8 +192,8 @@ describe('parser', () => {
       },
     ])
   })
-  test("don'tskip empty lines", async () => {
-    const parsedBuffer = await parseBuffer(csvBuffer, {
+  test('skip empty lines: false', async () => {
+    const parsedBuffer = await parseBuffer(emptyLinesBuffer, {
       delimiter: ',',
       skipEmptyLines: false,
     })
@@ -176,9 +205,9 @@ describe('parser', () => {
         header3: { value: 'column3' },
       },
       {
-        header1: { value: '' },
-        header2: { value: '' },
-        header3: { value: '' },
+        header1: { value: ' ' },
+        header2: { value: ' ' },
+        header3: { value: ' ' },
       },
       {
         header1: { value: '' },
diff --git a/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.ts b/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.ts
index 206f00017..57f6812ce 100644
--- a/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.ts
+++ b/plugins/delimiter-extractor/src/parser.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ export async function parseBuffer(
   try {
     const skipEmptyLines = options?.headerSelectionEnabled
       ? false
-      : options?.skipEmptyLines === false
-        ? false
-        : 'greedy'
+      : options?.skipEmptyLines ?? false
     const fileContents = buffer.toString('utf8')
     const results: ParseResult<Record<string, string>> = Papa.parse(
       fileContents,
@@ -76,12 +74,22 @@ export async function parseBuffer(
 
     const headers = prependNonUniqueHeaderColumns(columnHeaders)
 
-    const data: Flatfile.RecordData[] = rows.map((row) => {
-      const mappedRow = mapKeys(row, (key) => headers[key])
-      return mapValues(mappedRow, (value) => ({
-        value: transform(value),
-      })) as Flatfile.RecordData
-    })
+    const data: Flatfile.RecordData[] = rows
+      .filter((row) => {
+        if (!skipEmptyLines) return true
+        const isEmpty = Object.values(row).every(
+          skipEmptyLines === 'greedy'
+            ? isNullOrWhitespace
+            : (value) => value === ''
+        )
+        return !isEmpty
+      })
+      .map((row) => {
+        const mappedRow = mapKeys(row, (key) => headers[key])
+        return mapValues(mappedRow, (value) => ({
+          value: transform(value),
+        })) as Flatfile.RecordData
+      })
 
     let metadata: { rowHeaders: number[] } | null
 
diff --git a/plugins/xlsx-extractor/README.md b/plugins/xlsx-extractor/README.md
index b611e6d2f..2b2524f3f 100644
--- a/plugins/xlsx-extractor/README.md
+++ b/plugins/xlsx-extractor/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ detecting headers in the file. By default, the first 10 rows are scanned for
 the row with the most non-empty cells.
 
 
+#### `skipEmptyLines` - `default: "false"` - `boolean` - (optional)
+The `skipEmptyLines` parameter allows you to specify if empty lines should be
+skipped. By default, empty lines are included.
+
 #### `debug` - `default: "false"` - `boolean` - (optional)
 The `debug` parameter lets you toggle on/off helpful debugging messages for
 development purposes.
diff --git a/plugins/xlsx-extractor/src/index.ts b/plugins/xlsx-extractor/src/index.ts
index 5746cfd07..986d0f26f 100644
--- a/plugins/xlsx-extractor/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/xlsx-extractor/src/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { parseBuffer } from './parser'
  * @property {number} chunkSize - the size of chunk to process when inserting records.
  * @property {number} parallel - the quantity of parallel process when inserting records.
  * @property {GetHeadersOptions} headerDetectionOptions - the options for header detection.
+ * @property {boolean} skipEmptyLines - if true, skip empty lines; if false, include empty lines.
  * @property {boolean} debug - if true, display helpful console logs.
  */
 export interface ExcelExtractorOptions {