diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index 8e5fa4534..f629522cb 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ dummy:
 #ceph_docker_image_tag: latest
 #ceph_docker_registry: docker.io
 #ceph_docker_registry_auth: false
+#ceph_docker_registry_username:
+#ceph_docker_registry_password:
 ## Client only docker image - defaults to {{ ceph_docker_image }}
 #ceph_client_docker_image: "{{ ceph_docker_image }}"
 #ceph_client_docker_image_tag: "{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}"
diff --git a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
index 122113533..0987941a7 100644
--- a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ ceph_docker_image: "rhceph/rhceph-4-rhel8"
 ceph_docker_image_tag: "latest"
 ceph_docker_registry: "registry.redhat.io"
 ceph_docker_registry_auth: true
+#ceph_docker_registry_username:
+#ceph_docker_registry_password:
 ## Client only docker image - defaults to {{ ceph_docker_image }}
 #ceph_client_docker_image: "{{ ceph_docker_image }}"
 #ceph_client_docker_image_tag: "{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}"
diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
index 5d68b7efc..d64b8e917 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@ ceph_docker_image: "ceph/daemon"
 ceph_docker_image_tag: latest
 ceph_docker_registry: docker.io
 ceph_docker_registry_auth: false
+#ceph_docker_registry_username:
+#ceph_docker_registry_password:
 ## Client only docker image - defaults to {{ ceph_docker_image }}
 ceph_client_docker_image: "{{ ceph_docker_image }}"
 ceph_client_docker_image_tag: "{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}"