diff --git a/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md b/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md
index 0837f192..fd81f971 100644
--- a/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md
+++ b/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ parameters:
   volumetype: "replicate:3"
   volumeoptions: "client.ssl on, server.ssl on"
   volumenameprefix: "dept-dev"
+  snapfactor: "10"
 ```
 
 Example storageclass can be found in [glusterfs-storageclass.yaml](glusterfs/glusterfs-storageclass.yaml).
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ For available volume options and its administration refer: ([Administration Guid
 
 Please note that, the value for this parameter cannot contain `_` in storageclass. This is an optional parameter.
 
+*`snapfactor`: Dynamically provisioned volume's thinpool size can be configured with this parameter. The value for the parameter should be in range of 1-100, this value will be taken into account while creating thinpool for the provisioned volume. This is an optional parameter with default value of 1.
+
 Reference : ([How to configure Gluster on Kubernetes](https://github.com/gluster/gluster-kubernetes/blob/master/docs/setup-guide.md))
 
 Reference : ([How to configure Heketi](https://github.com/heketi/heketi/wiki/Setting-up-the-topology))
diff --git a/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/glusterfs/glusterfs-storageclass.yaml b/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/glusterfs/glusterfs-storageclass.yaml
index c3a409d0..d572dfcf 100644
--- a/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/glusterfs/glusterfs-storageclass.yaml
+++ b/staging/persistent-volume-provisioning/glusterfs/glusterfs-storageclass.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ parameters:
   volumetype: "replicate:3"
   volumeoptions: "client.ssl on, server.ssl on"
   volumenameprefix: "dept-dev"
+  snapfactor: "10"