diff --git a/environments/manila-cephfsganesha-config.yaml b/environments/manila-cephfsganesha-config.yaml
index 74a3e27625..11ffd3a7f8 100644
--- a/environments/manila-cephfsganesha-config.yaml
+++ b/environments/manila-cephfsganesha-config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # A Heat environment file which can be used to enable a
-# a Manila CephFS-NFS driver backend.
+# Manila CephFS-NFS driver backend.
 resource_registry:
   OS::TripleO::Services::ManilaApi: ../deployment/manila/manila-api-container-puppet.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Services::ManilaScheduler: ../deployment/manila/manila-scheduler-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ resource_registry:
 parameter_defaults:
   ManilaCephFSBackendName: cephfs
   ManilaCephFSDriverHandlesShareServers: false
-  ManilaCephFSCephFSAuthId: 'manila'
   ManilaCephFSCephFSEnableSnapshots: false
   ManilaCephFSCephVolumeMode: '0755'
   # manila cephfs driver supports either native cephfs backend - 'CEPHFS'
   # (users mount shares directly from ceph cluster), or nfs-ganesha backend -
   # 'NFS' (users mount shares through nfs-ganesha server)
   ManilaCephFSCephFSProtocolHelperType: 'NFS'
+  # Uncomment the following and set them appropriately if the Ceph cluster is
+  # external and you need to use a specific keyring/key and pool to access the
+  # CephFS share
+  #ManilaCephFSDataPoolName: manila_data
+  #ManilaCephFSMetadataPoolName: manila_metadata
+  #ManilaCephFSCephFSAuthId: 'manila'
+  #CephManilaClientKey: 'AQDLOh1VgEp6FRAAFzT7Zw+Y9V6JJExQAsRnRQ=='