diff --git a/examples/crypto/secret-crypto-customized-rhel-FIPS-enabled.yaml b/examples/crypto/secret-crypto-customized-rhel-FIPS-enabled.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: longhorn-crypto
+  namespace: longhorn-system
+stringData:
+  CRYPTO_KEY_VALUE: "Simple passphrase"
+  CRYPTO_KEY_PROVIDER: "secret" # this is optional we currently only support direct keys via secrets
+  CRYPTO_KEY_CIPHER: "aes-cbc-essiv:sha256" # this is optional, default value for RHEL
+  CRYPTO_KEY_HASH: "sha256" # this is optional, default value
+  CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE: "256" # this is optional, default value
+  CRYPTO_PBKDF: "pbkdf2" # Only PBKDF2 is supported in FIPS mode, needs to be set on RHEL7
diff --git a/examples/crypto/secret-crypto-customized.yaml b/examples/crypto/secret-crypto-customized.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: longhorn-crypto
+  namespace: longhorn-system
+stringData:
+  CRYPTO_KEY_VALUE: "Simple passphrase"
+  CRYPTO_KEY_PROVIDER: "secret" # this is optional we currently only support direct keys via secrets
+  CRYPTO_KEY_CIPHER: "aes-xts-plain64" # this is optional, default value
+  CRYPTO_KEY_HASH: "sha256" # this is optional, default value
+  CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE: "256" # this is optional, default value
+  CRYPTO_PBKDF: "argon2i" # this is optional, default value