diff --git a/ibm_catalog.json b/ibm_catalog.json
index bf639695..54bde411 100644
--- a/ibm_catalog.json
+++ b/ibm_catalog.json
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
                 {
                   "type": "regex",
                   "description": "Prefix must begin with a lowercase letter and may contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens '-'. It must not end with a hyphen('-'), and cannot contain consecutive hyphens ('--'). It should not exceed 16 characters",
-                  "value": "^$|^__NULL__$|^[a-z](?!.*--)[a-z0-9-]{0,14}[a-z0-9]$"
+                  "value": "^$|^__NULL__$|^[a-z](?!.*--)(?:[a-z0-9-]{0,14}[a-z0-9])?$"
                 }
               ]
             },
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
                 {
                   "type": "regex",
                   "description": "Prefix must begin with a lowercase letter and may contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens '-'. It must not end with a hyphen('-'), and cannot contain consecutive hyphens ('--'). It should not exceed 16 characters",
-                  "value": "^$|^__NULL__$|^[a-z](?!.*--)[a-z0-9-]{0,14}[a-z0-9]$"
+                  "value": "^$|^__NULL__$|^[a-z](?!.*--)(?:[a-z0-9-]{0,14}[a-z0-9])?$"
                 }
               ]
             },
diff --git a/solutions/fully-configurable/variables.tf b/solutions/fully-configurable/variables.tf
index 0e81733e..ed170cad 100644
--- a/solutions/fully-configurable/variables.tf
+++ b/solutions/fully-configurable/variables.tf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ variable "ibmcloud_api_key" {
 variable "prefix" {
   type        = string
   nullable    = true
-  description = "The prefix to be added to all resources created by this solution. To skip using a prefix, set this value to null or an empty string. The prefix must begin with a lowercase letter and may contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens '-'. It should not exceed 16 characters, must not end with a hyphen('-'), and can not contain consecutive hyphens ('--'). Example: prod-0405-ocp. [Learn more](https://terraform-ibm-modules.github.io/documentation/#/prefix.md)."
+  description = "The prefix to add to all resources that this solution creates (e.g `prod`, `test`, `dev`). To skip using a prefix, set this value to null or an empty string. [Learn more](https://terraform-ibm-modules.github.io/documentation/#/prefix.md)."
 
   validation {
     # - null and empty string is allowed
diff --git a/solutions/quickstart/variables.tf b/solutions/quickstart/variables.tf
index 558c4fca..67a27760 100644
--- a/solutions/quickstart/variables.tf
+++ b/solutions/quickstart/variables.tf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ variable "provider_visibility" {
 
 variable "prefix" {
   type        = string
-  description = "The prefix to be added to all resources created by this solution. To skip using a prefix, set this value to null or an empty string. The prefix must begin with a lowercase letter and may contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens '-'. It should not exceed 16 characters, must not end with a hyphen('-'), and cannot contain consecutive hyphens ('--'). Example: `prod-0205-ocpqs`. [Learn more](https://terraform-ibm-modules.github.io/documentation/#/prefix.md)."
+  description = "The prefix to add to all resources that this solution creates (e.g `prod`, `test`, `dev`). To skip using a prefix, set this value to null or an empty string. [Learn more](https://terraform-ibm-modules.github.io/documentation/#/prefix.md)."
   nullable    = true
   validation {
     condition = (var.prefix == null || var.prefix == "" ? true :