diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index 87663cd58..c913666cb 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ dummy:
 #dashboard_enabled: True
 # Choose http or https
 # For https, you should set dashboard.crt/key and grafana.crt/key
+# If you define the dashboard_crt and dashboard_key variables, but leave them as '',
+# then we will autogenerate a cert and keyfile
 #dashboard_protocol: http
 #dashboard_port: 8443
 #dashboard_admin_user: admin
diff --git a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
index aaa90d6a9..f64892dbf 100644
--- a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ ceph_docker_registry_auth: true
 #dashboard_enabled: True
 # Choose http or https
 # For https, you should set dashboard.crt/key and grafana.crt/key
+# If you define the dashboard_crt and dashboard_key variables, but leave them as '',
+# then we will autogenerate a cert and keyfile
 #dashboard_protocol: http
 #dashboard_port: 8443
 #dashboard_admin_user: admin
diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
index b2a3a347b..73b49dd94 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
@@ -697,6 +697,8 @@ openstack_keys:
 dashboard_enabled: True
 # Choose http or https
 # For https, you should set dashboard.crt/key and grafana.crt/key
+# If you define the dashboard_crt and dashboard_key variables, but leave them as '',
+# then we will autogenerate a cert and keyfile
 dashboard_protocol: http
 dashboard_port: 8443
 dashboard_admin_user: admin