diff --git a/apis/medusa/v1alpha1/medusa_types.go b/apis/medusa/v1alpha1/medusa_types.go
index 4c53ea936..1fb46dcf9 100644
--- a/apis/medusa/v1alpha1/medusa_types.go
+++ b/apis/medusa/v1alpha1/medusa_types.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ type MedusaClusterTemplate struct {
 	// +optional
 	LivenessProbe *corev1.Probe `json:"livenessProbe,omitempty"`
 
-	// Should medusa purge backups nightly or not
+	// PurgeBackups toggles if the medusa backups should be purged nightly or not
 	// Defaults to true.
 	// +kubebuilder:default=true
 	// +optional
diff --git a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/crds/k8ssandra-operator-crds.yaml b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/crds/k8ssandra-operator-crds.yaml
index 599955f17..5a6a0f011 100644
--- a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/crds/k8ssandra-operator-crds.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/crds/k8ssandra-operator-crds.yaml
@@ -24921,6 +24921,12 @@ spec:
                         type: string
                     type: object
                     x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                  purgeBackups:
+                    default: true
+                    description: |-
+                      PurgeBackups toggles if the medusa backups should be purged nightly or not
+                      Defaults to true.
+                    type: boolean
                   readinessProbe:
                     description: Define the readiness probe settings to use for the
                       Medusa containers.
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/k8ssandra.io_k8ssandraclusters.yaml b/config/crd/bases/k8ssandra.io_k8ssandraclusters.yaml
index 06d650e4c..685616ae3 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/k8ssandra.io_k8ssandraclusters.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/k8ssandra.io_k8ssandraclusters.yaml
@@ -24859,6 +24859,12 @@ spec:
                         type: string
                     type: object
                     x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                  purgeBackups:
+                    default: true
+                    description: |-
+                      PurgeBackups toggles if the medusa backups should be purged nightly or not
+                      Defaults to true.
+                    type: boolean
                   readinessProbe:
                     description: Define the readiness probe settings to use for the
                       Medusa containers.
@@ -25180,7 +25186,6 @@ spec:
                             type: string
                         type: object
                     type: object
-                  purgeBackups: false
                   storageProperties:
                     description: Provides all storage backend related properties for
                       backups.