diff --git a/enhancements/installer/vsphere-ipi-zonal.md b/enhancements/installer/vsphere-ipi-zonal.md
index 93482047e9..89a25caa83 100644
--- a/enhancements/installer/vsphere-ipi-zonal.md
+++ b/enhancements/installer/vsphere-ipi-zonal.md
@@ -139,22 +139,15 @@ type VSpherePlatformFailureDomainSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Required
 	Zone string `json:"zone"`
 
-	// zoneType defines the type of zone that is used for this failure domain. The current available options
-	// are HostGroup and ComputeCluster.
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:MinLength=9
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxLength=14
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
-	// +openshift:validation:FeatureGateAwareEnum:featureGate=VSphereHostVMGroupZonal,enum=HostGroup;ComputeCluster
-	// +unionDiscriminator
-	ZoneType VSphereFailureDomainType `json:"zoneType,omitempty"` 
-    
+
+//todo: jcallen: *** unless zonespec could be removed to topology because of the name collision?
+
 	// zoneAffinity holds the VMGroup and the HostGroup names in vCenter corresponds to
 	// a vm-host group of type Virtual Machine and Host respectively. Is also
 	// contains the VMHostRule which is an affinity vm-host rule in vCenter.
 	// +openshift:validation:featureGate=VSphereHostVMGroupZonal
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
-	// +unionMember,optional
-	HostGroupZone *VSphereHostGroupZone `json:"hostGroupZone,omitempty"`
+	ZoneSpec *VSphereZoneSpec `json:"zoneSpec,omitempty"`
 
 	// server is the fully-qualified domain name or the IP address of the vCenter server.
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Required
@@ -173,7 +166,21 @@ type VSpherePlatformFailureDomainSpec struct {
 // and the vm-host affinity rule that together creates a affinity configuration for vm-host based zonal.
 // This configuration within vCenter creates the required association between a failure domain, virtual machines
 // and ESXi hosts to create a vm-host based zone.
-type VSphereHostGroupZone struct
+type VSphereZoneSpec struct {
+	// zoneType defines the type of zone that is used for this failure domain. The current available options
+	// are HostGroup and ComputeCluster.
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:MinLength=9
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxLength=14
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+	// +openshift:validation:FeatureGateAwareEnum:featureGate=VSphereHostVMGroupZonal,enum=HostGroup;ComputeCluster
+	// +unionDiscriminator
+	ZoneType VSphereFailureDomainType `json:"zoneType,omitempty"` 
+	
+	
+	HostGroup *VSphereHostGroupZoneSpec `json:"hostGroup,omitempty`
+}
+
+type VSphereHostGroupZoneSpec struct {
 	// vmGroup is the name of the vm-host group of type virtual machine within vCenter for this failure domain.
 	// This field is required when the VSphereFailureDomain ZoneType is HostGroup
 	// +openshift:validation:featureGate=VSphereHostVMGroupZonal