diff --git a/operatoringress/v1/0000_50_dns-record.yaml b/operatoringress/v1/0000_50_dns-record.yaml
index ab3db4ddfe6..9244f646667 100644
--- a/operatoringress/v1/0000_50_dns-record.yaml
+++ b/operatoringress/v1/0000_50_dns-record.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ spec:
               minLength: 1
             recordTTL:
               description: recordTTL is the record TTL in seconds. If zero, the default
-                is 30.
+                is 30. RecordTTL will not be used in AWS regions Alias targets, but
+                will be used in CNAME targets, per AWS API contract.
               type: integer
               format: int64
               minimum: 0
diff --git a/operatoringress/v1/types.go b/operatoringress/v1/types.go
index ae24e3b7be3..fd4d6999c50 100644
--- a/operatoringress/v1/types.go
+++ b/operatoringress/v1/types.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ type DNSRecordSpec struct {
 	// +required
 	RecordType DNSRecordType `json:"recordType"`
 	// recordTTL is the record TTL in seconds. If zero, the default is 30.
+	// RecordTTL will not be used in AWS regions Alias targets, but
+	// will be used in CNAME targets, per AWS API contract.
 	//
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Required
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
@@ -103,10 +105,10 @@ type DNSZoneCondition struct {
 type DNSRecordType string
 
 const (
-	// CNAME is an RFC 1035 CNAME record.
+	// CNAMERecordType is an RFC 1035 CNAME record.
 	CNAMERecordType DNSRecordType = "CNAME"
 
-	// CNAME is an RFC 1035 A record.
+	// ARecordType is an RFC 1035 A record.
 	ARecordType DNSRecordType = "A"
 )
 
diff --git a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
index b6e8a5771a7..77c85d0458b 100644
--- a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var map_DNSRecordSpec = map[string]string{
 	"dnsName":    "dnsName is the hostname of the DNS record",
 	"targets":    "targets are record targets.",
 	"recordType": "recordType is the DNS record type. For example, \"A\" or \"CNAME\".",
-	"recordTTL":  "recordTTL is the record TTL in seconds. If zero, the default is 30.",
+	"recordTTL":  "recordTTL is the record TTL in seconds. If zero, the default is 30. RecordTTL will not be used in AWS regions Alias targets, but will be used in CNAME targets, per AWS API contract.",
 }
 
 func (DNSRecordSpec) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {