diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
index dc1275792b..518457777e 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,6 @@ spec:
     app: mysql
   clusterIP: None
 ---
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-metadata:
-  name: mysql-pv-claim
-spec:
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      storage: 20Gi
----
 apiVersion: apps/v1 # for versions before 1.9.0 use apps/v1beta2
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-pv.yaml b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-pv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f4e692f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-pv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+kind: PersistentVolume
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: mysql-pv-volume
+  labels:
+    type: local
+spec:
+  storageClassName: manual
+  capacity:
+    storage: 20Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  hostPath:
+    path: "/mnt/data"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: mysql-pv-claim
+spec:
+  storageClassName: manual
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 20Gi
diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md
index 3840ad2a00..ea02502645 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md
@@ -49,14 +49,19 @@ Note: The password is defined in the config yaml, and this is insecure. See
 for a secure solution.
 
 {{< code file="mysql-deployment.yaml" >}}
+{{< code file="mysql-pv.yaml" >}}
+
+1. Deploy the PV and PVC of the YAML file:
+
+        kubectl create -f https://k8s.io/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-pv.yaml
 
 1. Deploy the contents of the YAML file:
 
-       kubectl create -f https://k8s.io/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
+        kubectl create -f https://k8s.io/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
 
 1. Display information about the Deployment:
 
-       kubectl describe deployment mysql
+        kubectl describe deployment mysql
 
         Name:                 mysql
         Namespace:            default
@@ -96,14 +101,14 @@ for a secure solution.
 
 1. List the pods created by the Deployment:
 
-       kubectl get pods -l app=mysql
+        kubectl get pods -l app=mysql
 
         NAME                   READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
         mysql-63082529-2z3ki   1/1       Running   0          3m
 
 1. Inspect the PersistentVolumeClaim:
 
-       kubectl describe pvc mysql-pv-claim
+        kubectl describe pvc mysql-pv-claim
 
         Name:         mysql-pv-claim
         Namespace:    default
@@ -165,6 +170,7 @@ Delete the deployed objects by name:
 ```
 kubectl delete deployment,svc mysql
 kubectl delete pvc mysql-pv-claim
+kubectl delete pv mysql-pv-volume
 ```
 
 If you manually provisioned a PersistentVolume, you also need to manually
diff --git a/test/examples_test.go b/test/examples_test.go
index 55d0fa6a92..89a179e3b8 100644
--- a/test/examples_test.go
+++ b/test/examples_test.go
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ func TestExampleObjectSchemas(t *testing.T) {
 			"deployment-update":     {&extensions.Deployment{}},
 			"hpa-php-apache":        {&autoscaling.HorizontalPodAutoscaler{}},
 			"mysql-configmap":       {&api.ConfigMap{}},
-			"mysql-deployment":      {&api.Service{}, &api.PersistentVolumeClaim{}, &extensions.Deployment{}},
+			"mysql-deployment":      {&api.Service{}, &extensions.Deployment{}},
+			"mysql-pv":      {&api.PersistentVolume{}, &api.PersistentVolumeClaim{}},
 			"mysql-services":        {&api.Service{}, &api.Service{}},
 			"mysql-statefulset":     {&apps.StatefulSet{}},
 		},