diff --git a/app/workers/prune_event_logs_worker.rb b/app/workers/prune_event_logs_worker.rb
index a9abff39ce..3bcbebfdb8 100644
--- a/app/workers/prune_event_logs_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/prune_event_logs_worker.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 class PruneEventLogsWorker < BaseWorker
-  BACKLOG_DAYS       = ENV.fetch('KEYGEN_PRUNE_EVENT_BACKLOG_DAYS') { 90 }.to_i
-  BATCH_SIZE         = ENV.fetch('KEYGEN_PRUNE_BATCH_SIZE')         { 1_000 }.to_i
-  BATCH_WAIT         = ENV.fetch('KEYGEN_PRUNE_BATCH_WAIT')         { 1 }.to_f
+  # Number of days to keep event logs in backlog.
+  BACKLOG_DAYS = ENV.fetch('KEYGEN_PRUNE_EVENT_BACKLOG_DAYS') { 90 }.to_i
+
+  # Number of days from backlog to target for pruning. The lower the
+  # number, the better the performance. Use a higher number for e.g.
+  # catching up going from a backlog of 90 days to 30. For normal
+  # non-catch up workloads, this should be set to 1.
+  TARGET_DAYS = ENV.fetch('KEYGEN_PRUNE_EVENT_TARGET_DAYS') { 1 }.to_i
+
+  # Number of event logs to delete per batch. The larger the number,
+  # the higher the impact on the database.
+  BATCH_SIZE = ENV.fetch('KEYGEN_PRUNE_BATCH_SIZE') { 1_000 }.to_i
+
+  # Number of seconds to wait in between batches.
+  BATCH_WAIT = ENV.fetch('KEYGEN_PRUNE_BATCH_WAIT') { 1 }.to_f
+
+  # High volume events elligible for pruning. Essentially, this
+  # reduces the storage burden for noisy events. For example,
+  # a license could be validated hundreds of times a day, or
+  # a machine could send thousands of heartbeat pings every
+  # day. This job prunes those superfluous event logs.
   HIGH_VOLUME_EVENTS = %w[
     license.validation.succeeded
     license.validation.failed
@@ -20,7 +38,7 @@ def perform
       BACKLOG_DAYS <= 0
 
     end_date   = BACKLOG_DAYS.days.ago.beginning_of_day
-    start_date = (end_date - 1.day).beginning_of_day
+    start_date = (end_date - TARGET_DAYS.day).beginning_of_day
 
     # FIXME(ezekg) Update this to use created_date after we've backfilled old logs
     accounts = Account.where(<<~SQL.squish, start_date:, end_date:)
diff --git a/spec/workers/prune_event_logs_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/prune_event_logs_worker_spec.rb
index 462a022b69..944f361dc0 100644
--- a/spec/workers/prune_event_logs_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/prune_event_logs_worker_spec.rb
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@
     )
   end
 
-  it 'should not prune high-volume event logs before/after backlog' do
+  it 'should not prune high-volume event logs not in target batch' do
     license = create(:license, account:)
 
-    create_list(:event_log, 50, :license_validation_succeeded, account:, resource: license, created_at: worker::BACKLOG_DAYS + 2)
+    create_list(:event_log, 50, :license_validation_succeeded, account:, resource: license, created_at: (worker::BACKLOG_DAYS + worker::TARGET_DAYS + 1).days.ago)
     create_list(:event_log, 50, :license_validation_succeeded, account:, resource: license)
-    create_list(:event_log, 50, :license_validation_failed, account:, resource: license, created_at: worker::BACKLOG_DAYS)
+    create_list(:event_log, 50, :license_validation_failed, account:, resource: license, created_at: worker::BACKLOG_DAYS.days.ago)
     create_list(:event_log, 50, :license_validation_failed, account:, resource: license)
 
     expect { worker.perform_async }.to_not(