diff --git a/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-provision.yaml b/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-provision.yaml
index 719a7320..581f4d94 100644
--- a/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-provision.yaml
+++ b/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-provision.yaml
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   local:
     type: "COS"
-    secret-name: "{SECRET_NAME}" #see s3-secrets.yaml for an example
-    secret-namespace: "{SECRET_NAMESPACE}" #optional if the secret is in the same ns as dataset
+    secret-name: "{SECRET_NAME}" #see s3-secrets.yaml for an example. Must be in the same namespace.
     endpoint: "{S3_SERVICE_URL}"
     bucket: "{BUCKET_NAME}"
     readonly: "true" # default is false
     provision: "true" # DLF will allocate bucket on the COS if it doesn't exist [Default: false]
-    region: "" #it can be empty
\ No newline at end of file
+    region: "" #it can be empty
diff --git a/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-secrets.yaml b/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-secrets.yaml
index b112dd95..38031433 100644
--- a/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-secrets.yaml
+++ b/examples/templates/example-dataset-s3-secrets.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   local:
     type: "COS"
-    secret-name: "{SECRET_NAME}" #see s3-secrets.yaml for an example
-    secret-namespace: "{SECRET_NAMESPACE}" #optional if the secret is in the same ns as dataset
+    secret-name: "{SECRET_NAME}" #see s3-secrets.yaml for an example. Must be in the same namespace.
     endpoint: "{S3_SERVICE_URL}"
     bucket: "{BUCKET_NAME}"
     readonly: "true" # default is false