diff --git a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
index cd670f009..7bab49efc 100644
--- a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ spec:
   #  cluster: "acid-batman"
   #  timestamp: "2017-12-19T12:40:33+01:00" # timezone required (offset relative to UTC, see RFC 3339 section 5.6)
   #  s3_wal_path: "s3://custom/path/to/bucket"
-  # Make this a standby cluster and provide the s3 bucket path of source cluster for continuous streaming. Also change the above mentioned numberOfInstances to 1 for this cluster.
-  # standby:
-  #   s3_wal_path: "s3://path/to/bucket/containing/wal/of/source/cluster/"
 
   # run periodic backups with k8s cron jobs
   # enableLogicalBackup: true
diff --git a/manifests/standby-manifest.yaml b/manifests/standby-manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a92045dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/standby-manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+apiVersion: "acid.zalan.do/v1"
+kind: postgresql
+metadata:
+  name: acid-standby-cluster
+  namespace: default 
+spec:
+  teamId: "ACID"
+  volume:
+    size: 1Gi
+  numberOfInstances: 1
+  postgresql:
+    version: "10"
+  # Make this a standby cluster and provide the s3 bucket path of source cluster for continuous streaming.
+  standby:
+    s3_wal_path: "s3://path/to/bucket/containing/wal/of/source/cluster/"
+
+  maintenanceWindows:
+  - 01:00-06:00 #UTC
+  - Sat:00:00-04:00
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