diff --git a/pkg/apis/etcd/v1beta2/cluster.go b/pkg/apis/etcd/v1beta2/cluster.go
index a7bfc9c9b..db49e94f2 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/etcd/v1beta2/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/etcd/v1beta2/cluster.go
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ type PodPolicy struct {
 
 	// PersistentVolumeClaimSpec is the spec to describe PVC for the etcd container
 	// This field is optional. If no PVC spec, etcd container will use emptyDir as volume
+	// Note. This feature is in alpha stage. It is currently only used as non-stable storage,
+	// not the stable storage. Future work need to make it used as stable storage.
 	PersistentVolumeClaimSpec *v1.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec `json:"persistentVolumeClaimSpec,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/reconcile.go b/pkg/cluster/reconcile.go
index f54eed5c8..f6568072a 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/reconcile.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) removeMember(toRemove *etcdutil.Member) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 	if c.isPodPVEnabled() {
-		err = c.removePVC(k8sutil.PVCNameFromMemberName(toRemove.Name))
+		err = c.removePVC(k8sutil.PVCNameFromMember(toRemove.Name))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/util/k8sutil/k8sutil.go b/pkg/util/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
index 6cbf57f58..4fc1583af 100644
--- a/pkg/util/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
+++ b/pkg/util/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func GetPodNames(pods []*v1.Pod) []string {
 	return res
 }
 
-// PVCNameFromMemberName the way we get PVC name from the member name
-func PVCNameFromMemberName(memberName string) string {
+// PVCNameFromMember the way we get PVC name from the member name
+func PVCNameFromMember(memberName string) string {
 	return memberName
 }
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func NewSeedMemberPod(clusterName string, ms etcdutil.MemberSet, m *etcdutil.Mem
 func NewEtcdPodPVC(m *etcdutil.Member, pvcSpec v1.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec, clusterName, namespace string, owner metav1.OwnerReference) *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim {
 	pvc := &v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      PVCNameFromMemberName(m.Name),
+			Name:      PVCNameFromMember(m.Name),
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Labels:    LabelsForCluster(clusterName),
 		},