diff --git a/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes.md b/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes.md index 39b0ce59aede0..f7d5f2cac11a4 100644 --- a/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes.md +++ b/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes.md @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ parameters: allowVolumeExpansion: true ``` -Once both feature gate and the aforementioned admission plug-in are turned on, an user can request larger volume for their `PersistentVolumeClaim` +Once both feature gate and the aforementioned admission plug-in are turned on, a user can request larger volume for their `PersistentVolumeClaim` by simply editing the claim and requesting a larger size. This in turn will trigger expansion of the volume that is backing the underlying `PersistentVolume`. Under no circumstances will a new `PersistentVolume` be created to satisfy the claim. Kubernetes will instead attempt to resize the existing volume.