diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
index c87728812..1e97f0771 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ These parameters are grouped directly under  the `spec` key in the manifest.
   If you set the `all` special item, it will be mounted in all containers (postgres + sidecars).
   Else you can set the list of target containers in which the additional volumes will be mounted (eg : postgres, telegraf)
   
+  * **statefulset_propagate_annotations**
+  An array of annotations from PostgresCRD that should be passed on to the statefulsets.
+  This also accepts the regular expression like downscaler/*, etc.
+  These annotations will also be passed to the connection-pooler deployments if any.
+
 ## Postgres parameters
 
 Those parameters are grouped under the `postgresql` top-level key, which is
diff --git a/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md b/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
index af6e93d25..b7d69ab80 100644
--- a/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
+++ b/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Those are top-level keys, containing both leaf keys and groups.
   [operator deployment manually](../../manifests/postgres-operator.yaml#L20).
   The default is `false`.
 
+* **statefulset_propagate_annotations**
+  An array of annotations from PostgresCRD that should be passed on to the statefulsets.
+  This also accepts the regular expression like downscaler/*, etc.
+  These annotations will also be passed to the connection-pooler deployments if any.
+
 ## Postgres users
 
 Parameters describing Postgres users. In a CRD-configuration, they are grouped
diff --git a/manifests/operatorconfiguration.crd.yaml b/manifests/operatorconfiguration.crd.yaml
index 2d3e614b9..5fd67aee9 100644
--- a/manifests/operatorconfiguration.crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/operatorconfiguration.crd.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ spec:
         configuration:
           type: object
           properties:
+            # statefulset_propagate_annotations:
+            #   type: array
+            #   items:
+            #     type: string
             docker_image:
               type: string
             enable_crd_validation:
diff --git a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
index 78312b684..479aac765 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ metadata:
   name: postgresql-operator-default-configuration
 configuration:
   docker_image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-cdp-12:1.6-p115
+  # statefulset_propagate_annotation:
+  #   - deployment-time
+  #   - downscaler/*
   # enable_crd_validation: true
   # enable_lazy_spilo_upgrade: false
   # enable_shm_volume: true