diff --git a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod-ceph.example b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod-ceph.example
index 94d13fed4a..57e9296778 100644
--- a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod-ceph.example
+++ b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod-ceph.example
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Because we have three haproxy nodes, we need
 # to one active LB IP, and we use keepalived for that.
 ## Load Balancer Configuration (haproxy/keepalived)
-haproxy_keepalived_external_vip_cidr: "1.2.3.4/32"
+haproxy_keepalived_external_vip_cidr: "<external_ip_address>/<netmask>"
 haproxy_keepalived_internal_vip_cidr: "172.29.236.0/22"
 haproxy_keepalived_external_interface: ens2
 haproxy_keepalived_internal_interface: br-mgmt
diff --git a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod.example b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod.example
index 3cd7530743..37c8da2037 100644
--- a/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod.example
+++ b/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml.prod.example
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # which may need to be set for a production environment.
 
 ## Load Balancer Configuration (haproxy/keepalived)
-haproxy_keepalived_external_vip_cidr: "1.2.3.4/32"
+haproxy_keepalived_external_vip_cidr: "<external_vip_address>/<netmask>"
 haproxy_keepalived_internal_vip_cidr: "172.29.236.0/22"
 haproxy_keepalived_external_interface: ens2
 haproxy_keepalived_internal_interface: br-mgmt