diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
index 6a19264219d6..5ea659a804ac 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
@@ -6008,13 +6008,11 @@ spec:
                   nullable: true
                   properties:
                     namespace:
-                      description: Namespace is the RADOS namespace where NFS client recovery data is stored.
+                      description: The namespace inside the Ceph pool (set by 'pool') where shared NFS-Ganesha config is stored. This setting is required for Ceph v15 and ignored for Ceph v16. As of Ceph Pacific v16+, this is internally set to the name of the CephNFS.
                       type: string
                     pool:
-                      description: Pool used to represent the Ganesha's pool name in version older than 16.2.7 As of Ceph Pacific 16.2.7, NFS Ganesha's pool name is hardcoded to ".nfs", so this setting will be ignored.
+                      description: The Ceph pool used store the shared configuration for NFS-Ganesha daemons. This setting is required for Ceph v15 and ignored for Ceph v16. As of Ceph Pacific 16.2.7+, this is internally hardcoded to ".nfs".
                       type: string
-                  required:
-                    - namespace
                   type: object
                 server:
                   description: Server is the Ganesha Server specification
diff --git a/deploy/examples/crds.yaml b/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
index d8200eb3aac3..cd4c25eb4909 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/crds.yaml
@@ -6004,13 +6004,11 @@ spec:
                   nullable: true
                   properties:
                     namespace:
-                      description: Namespace is the RADOS namespace where NFS client recovery data is stored.
+                      description: The namespace inside the Ceph pool (set by 'pool') where shared NFS-Ganesha config is stored. This setting is required for Ceph v15 and ignored for Ceph v16. As of Ceph Pacific v16+, this is internally set to the name of the CephNFS.
                       type: string
                     pool:
-                      description: Pool used to represent the Ganesha's pool name in version older than 16.2.7 As of Ceph Pacific 16.2.7, NFS Ganesha's pool name is hardcoded to ".nfs", so this setting will be ignored.
+                      description: The Ceph pool used store the shared configuration for NFS-Ganesha daemons. This setting is required for Ceph v15 and ignored for Ceph v16. As of Ceph Pacific 16.2.7+, this is internally hardcoded to ".nfs".
                       type: string
-                  required:
-                    - namespace
                   type: object
                 server:
                   description: Server is the Ganesha Server specification
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
index e038913354a6..2080df09fef8 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
@@ -1812,14 +1812,17 @@ type NFSGaneshaSpec struct {
 
 // GaneshaRADOSSpec represents the specification of a Ganesha RADOS object
 type GaneshaRADOSSpec struct {
-	// Pool used to represent the Ganesha's pool name in version older than 16.2.7
-	// As of Ceph Pacific 16.2.7, NFS Ganesha's pool name is hardcoded to ".nfs", so this
-	// setting will be ignored.
+	// The Ceph pool used store the shared configuration for NFS-Ganesha daemons.
+	// This setting is required for Ceph v15 and ignored for Ceph v16.
+	// As of Ceph Pacific 16.2.7+, this is internally hardcoded to ".nfs".
 	// +optional
 	Pool string `json:"pool,omitempty"`
 
-	// Namespace is the RADOS namespace where NFS client recovery data is stored.
-	Namespace string `json:"namespace"`
+	// The namespace inside the Ceph pool (set by 'pool') where shared NFS-Ganesha config is stored.
+	// This setting is required for Ceph v15 and ignored for Ceph v16.
+	// As of Ceph Pacific v16+, this is internally set to the name of the CephNFS.
+	// +optional
+	Namespace string `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // GaneshaServerSpec represents the specification of a Ganesha Server