diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/managedmetric_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/managedmetric_types.go
index 6a0a4ba..ff9ff5b 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/managedmetric_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/managedmetric_types.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type ManagedMetricSpec struct {
 	DataSinkRef *DataSinkReference `json:"dataSinkRef,omitempty"`
 
 	// +optional
-	*RemoteClusterAccessRef `json:"remoteClusterAccessRef,omitempty"`
+	RemoteClusterAccessRef *RemoteClusterAccessRef `json:"remoteClusterAccessRef,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ManagedObservation represents the latest available observation of an object's state
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/metric_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/metric_types.go
index 1f6f575..eee1a1a 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/metric_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/metric_types.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type MetricSpec struct {
 	DataSinkRef *DataSinkReference `json:"dataSinkRef,omitempty"`
 
 	// +optional
-	*RemoteClusterAccessRef `json:"remoteClusterAccessRef,omitempty"`
+	RemoteClusterAccessRef *RemoteClusterAccessRef `json:"remoteClusterAccessRef,omitempty"`
 
 	Projections []Projection `json:"projections,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/examples/managed_metric.yaml b/examples/managed_metric.yaml
index cc8455e..50af461 100644
--- a/examples/managed_metric.yaml
+++ b/examples/managed_metric.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ spec:
   interval: "1m" # in minutes
   # Uses default DataSink (named "default" in metrics-operator-system namespace)
   # To use a custom DataSink, uncomment and specify:
-  dataSinkRef:
-   name: other-datasink
+  # dataSinkRef:
+  #  name: other-datasink
diff --git a/examples/namespace.yaml b/examples/namespace.yaml
index 3968d06..797743e 100644
--- a/examples/namespace.yaml
+++ b/examples/namespace.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
-  name: co-metrics-operator
\ No newline at end of file
+  name: metrics-operator-system
\ No newline at end of file