diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue
index 7bfd2a973..d5c665dea 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ onMounted(async () =>{
             <NumberInput v-model="volumeDialogData.port" id="volumePort" min="0"/>
           </FormGroup>
 
+          <!-- not required. submit request is sent with empty string when blank -->
           <FormGroup v-if="volumeDialogData.mountType === 'cifs' || volumeDialogData.mountType === 'nfs' || volumeDialogData.mountType === 'sshfs'">
             <label for="volumeRemoteDir">{{ $t('volumes.addVolumeDialog.remoteDirectory') }}</label>
             <TextInput v-model="volumeDialogData.remoteDir" id="volumeRemoteDir" placeholder="/share"/>