diff --git a/deploy/examples/pool-ec.yaml b/deploy/examples/pool-ec.yaml
index 770c3a8be..ff66e5810 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/pool-ec.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/pool-ec.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@ spec:
   parameters:
     # Inline compression mode for the data pool
     compression_mode: none
-  # A key/value list of annotations
-  annotations:
-  #  key: value
diff --git a/deploy/examples/pool.yaml b/deploy/examples/pool.yaml
index da3c7ebd3..a3364a396 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/pool.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/pool.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,3 @@ spec:
   # quotas:
     # maxSize: "10Gi" # valid suffixes include k, M, G, T, P, E, Ki, Mi, Gi, Ti, Pi, Ei
     # maxObjects: 1000000000 # 1 billion objects
-  # A key/value list of annotations
-  annotations:
-  #  key: value