identifier (the OSD number), and the daemon type is typically ``osd``.
-Editing a CRUSH Map
-===================
+Manually editing a CRUSH Map
+============================
+
+.. note:: Manually editing the CRUSH map is considered an advanced
+ administrator operation. All CRUSH changes that are
+ necessary for the overwhelming majority of installations are
+ possible via the standard ceph CLI and do not require manual
+ CRUSH map edits. If you have identified a use case where
+ manual edits *are* necessary, consider contacting the Ceph
+ developers so that future versions of Ceph can make this
+ unnecessary.
To edit an existing CRUSH map: