diff --git a/docs/storage-ceph-rook-external.md b/docs/storage-ceph-rook-external.md
index a4123fe2..2bca6130 100644
--- a/docs/storage-ceph-rook-external.md
+++ b/docs/storage-ceph-rook-external.md
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ rbd pool init general
 ceph fs new general-multi-attach general-multi-attach-metadata general-multi-attach-data
 ```
 
-## You must have a MDS service running, in this example I am tagging my 3 ceph nodes with MDS labels and creating a MDS service for the general-multi-attach Cephfs Pool
+!!! info
+
+    You must have a MDS service running, in this example I am tagging my 3 ceph nodes with MDS labels and creating a MDS service for the general-multi-attach Cephfs Pool
 
 ``` shell
 ceph orch host label add genestack-ceph1 mds
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ ceph orch host label add genestack-ceph3 mds
 ceph orch apply mds myfs label:mds
 ```
 
-## We will now download create-external-cluster-resources.py and create exports to run on your controller node. Using cephadm in this example:
+!!! note
+
+    We will now download create-external-cluster-resources.py and create exports to run on your controller node. Using cephadm in this example:
 
 ``` shell
 ./cephadm shell
@@ -29,33 +33,39 @@ yum install wget -y ; wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rook/rook/release-1
 python3 create-external-cluster-resources.py --rbd-data-pool-name general --cephfs-filesystem-name general-multi-attach --namespace rook-ceph-external --format bash
 ```
 
-## Copy and paste the output, here is an example:
-``` shell
-root@genestack-ceph1:/# python3 create-external-cluster-resources.py --rbd-data-pool-name general --cephfs-filesystem-name general-multi-attach --namespace rook-ceph-external --format bash
-export NAMESPACE=rook-ceph-external
-export ROOK_EXTERNAL_FSID=d45869e0-ccdf-11ee-8177-1d25f5ec2433
-export ROOK_EXTERNAL_USERNAME=client.healthchecker
-export ROOK_EXTERNAL_CEPH_MON_DATA=genestack-ceph1=10.1.1.209:6789
-export ROOK_EXTERNAL_USER_SECRET=AQATh89lf5KiBBAATgaOGAMELzPOIpiCg6ANfA==
-export ROOK_EXTERNAL_DASHBOARD_LINK=https://10.1.1.209:8443/
-export CSI_RBD_NODE_SECRET=AQATh89l3AJjBRAAYD+/cuf3XPdMBmdmz4iWIA==
-export CSI_RBD_NODE_SECRET_NAME=csi-rbd-node
-export CSI_RBD_PROVISIONER_SECRET=AQATh89l9dH4BRAApBKzqwtaUqw9bNcBI/iGGw==
-export CSI_RBD_PROVISIONER_SECRET_NAME=csi-rbd-provisioner
-export CEPHFS_POOL_NAME=general-multi-attach-data
-export CEPHFS_METADATA_POOL_NAME=general-multi-attach-metadata
-export CEPHFS_FS_NAME=general-multi-attach
-export CSI_CEPHFS_NODE_SECRET=AQATh89lFeqMBhAAJpHAE5vtukXYuRj2+WTh2g==
-export CSI_CEPHFS_PROVISIONER_SECRET=AQATh89lHB0dBxAA7CHM/9rTSs79SLJSKVBYeg==
-export CSI_CEPHFS_NODE_SECRET_NAME=csi-cephfs-node
-export CSI_CEPHFS_PROVISIONER_SECRET_NAME=csi-cephfs-provisioner
-export MONITORING_ENDPOINT=10.1.1.209
-export MONITORING_ENDPOINT_PORT=9283
-export RBD_POOL_NAME=general
-export RGW_POOL_PREFIX=default
-```
+!!! example  "Example create-external-cluster-resources.py output"
+
+    The script generates a lot of output, you will need to capture all of the exports. These exports will be used in the next command.
+
+    ``` shell
+    root@genestack-ceph1:/# python3 create-external-cluster-resources.py --rbd-data-pool-name general --cephfs-filesystem-name general-multi-attach --namespace rook-ceph-external --format bash
+    export NAMESPACE=rook-ceph-external
+    export ROOK_EXTERNAL_FSID=d45869e0-ccdf-11ee-8177-1d25f5ec2433
+    export ROOK_EXTERNAL_USERNAME=client.healthchecker
+    export ROOK_EXTERNAL_CEPH_MON_DATA=genestack-ceph1=10.1.1.209:6789
+    export ROOK_EXTERNAL_USER_SECRET=AQATh89lf5KiBBAATgaOGAMELzPOIpiCg6ANfA==
+    export ROOK_EXTERNAL_DASHBOARD_LINK=https://10.1.1.209:8443/
+    export CSI_RBD_NODE_SECRET=AQATh89l3AJjBRAAYD+/cuf3XPdMBmdmz4iWIA==
+    export CSI_RBD_NODE_SECRET_NAME=csi-rbd-node
+    export CSI_RBD_PROVISIONER_SECRET=AQATh89l9dH4BRAApBKzqwtaUqw9bNcBI/iGGw==
+    export CSI_RBD_PROVISIONER_SECRET_NAME=csi-rbd-provisioner
+    export CEPHFS_POOL_NAME=general-multi-attach-data
+    export CEPHFS_METADATA_POOL_NAME=general-multi-attach-metadata
+    export CEPHFS_FS_NAME=general-multi-attach
+    export CSI_CEPHFS_NODE_SECRET=AQATh89lFeqMBhAAJpHAE5vtukXYuRj2+WTh2g==
+    export CSI_CEPHFS_PROVISIONER_SECRET=AQATh89lHB0dBxAA7CHM/9rTSs79SLJSKVBYeg==
+    export CSI_CEPHFS_NODE_SECRET_NAME=csi-cephfs-node
+    export CSI_CEPHFS_PROVISIONER_SECRET_NAME=csi-cephfs-provisioner
+    export MONITORING_ENDPOINT=10.1.1.209
+    export MONITORING_ENDPOINT_PORT=9283
+    export RBD_POOL_NAME=general
+    export RGW_POOL_PREFIX=default
+    ```
+
+!!! info
+
+    Run the following commands to import the cluster after pasting in exports from external cluster
 
-## Run the following commands to import the cluster after pasting in exports from external cluster
 ``` shell
 kubectl apply -k /opt/genestack/kustomize/rook-operator/
 /opt/genestack/scripts/import-external-cluster.sh
@@ -64,12 +74,16 @@ helm install --create-namespace --namespace rook-ceph-external rook-ceph-cluster
 kubectl patch storageclass general -p '{"metadata": {"annotations":{"storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class":"true"}}}'
 ```
 
-## Monitor progress:
+## Monitor progress
+
 ``` shell
 kubectl --namespace rook-ceph-external get cephcluster -w
 ```
 
-## Should return when finished:
+## Validate the Connection
+
+When the monitor shows the message "Cluster connected successfully" the cluster is connected and ready for use.
+
 ``` shell
 NAME                 DATADIRHOSTPATH   MONCOUNT   AGE     PHASE       MESSAGE                          HEALTH      EXTERNAL   FSID
 rook-ceph-external   /var/lib/rook     3          3m24s   Connected   Cluster connected successfully   HEALTH_OK   true       d45869e0-ccdf-11ee-8177-1d25f5ec2433