diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/storageclass-bucket-retain-external.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/storageclass-bucket-retain-external.yaml
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-apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
-kind: StorageClass
-metadata:
-   name: rook-ceph-retain-bucket-external
-provisioner: rook-ceph-external.ceph.rook.io/bucket
-# set the reclaim policy to retain the bucket when its OBC is deleted
-reclaimPolicy: Retain
-parameters:
-  # represents the endpoint IP and Port
-  endpoint: # ip:port
-  # this is the namespace of the external cluster, identical to the namespace it is running on
-  objectStoreNamespace: rook-ceph
-  region: us-east-1
-  # To accommodate brownfield cases reference the existing bucket name here instead
-  # of in the ObjectBucketClaim (OBC). In this case the provisioner will grant
-  # access to the bucket by creating a new user, attaching it to the bucket, and
-  # providing the credentials via a Secret in the namespace of the requesting OBC.
-  #bucketName: