diff --git a/ceph/README.md b/ceph/README.md
index 4a332ff715..800260f50f 100644
--- a/ceph/README.md
+++ b/ceph/README.md
@@ -65,15 +65,27 @@ export osd_cluster_network=10.32.0.0/12
 export osd_public_network=10.32.0.0/12
 ```
 
+### Label your storage nodes
+
+You must label your storage nodes in order to run Ceph pods on them.
+
+```
+kubectl label node <nodename> node-type=storage
+```
+
+If you want all nodes in your Kubernetes cluster to be a part of your Ceph cluster, label them all.
+
+```
+kubectl label nodes node-type=storage --all
+```
 
 ### Quickstart
 
-You will need to generate ceph keys and configuration.  There is a simple to use utility that can do this quickly:
+You will need to generate ceph keys and configuration.  There is a simple to use utility that can do this quickly.  Please note the generator utility (per ceph-docker) requires the sigil template framework: (https://github.com/gliderlabs/sigil) to be installed and on the current path.
 
 ```
-
 cd ceph/utils/generator
-./generate_secrets.sh `./generate_secrets.sh fsid
+./generate_secrets.sh `./generate_secrets.sh fsid`
 cd ../../..
 ```
 
diff --git a/ceph/values.yaml b/ceph/values.yaml
index 23943cc23b..1bb742b2d8 100644
--- a/ceph/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-# Default values for keystone.
+# Default values for ceph.
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare name/value pairs to be passed into your templates.
 # name: value
+#
+# alanmeadows(NOTE): this is merely a sample of the potential
+# tunables available - parameterizing more of the elements
+# in the manifests is a work in progress
 
 image_ceph_daemon: quay.io/attcomdev/ceph-daemon:latest
 node_label: storage