diff --git a/modules/nw-control-dns-records-public-hosted-zone-azure.adoc b/modules/nw-control-dns-records-public-hosted-zone-azure.adoc
index 73e557008f08..1892096ebdd7 100644
--- a/modules/nw-control-dns-records-public-hosted-zone-azure.adoc
+++ b/modules/nw-control-dns-records-public-hosted-zone-azure.adoc
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 :_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE
 [id="nw-control-dns-records-public-hosted-zone-azure_{context}"]
-= Creating DNS records on an Azure public DNS zone
+= Creating DNS records on an Azure DNS zone
 
-You can create DNS records on a public DNS zone for Azure by using the External DNS Operator.
+You can create Domain Name Server (DNS) records on a public or private DNS zone for Azure by using the External DNS Operator.
 
 .Prerequisites
 
@@ -41,22 +41,34 @@ $ oc get routes --all-namespaces | grep console
 ----
 +
 .Example output
++
 [source,terminal]
 ----
 openshift-console          console             console-openshift-console.apps.test.azure.example.com                       console             https   reencrypt/Redirect     None
 openshift-console          downloads           downloads-openshift-console.apps.test.azure.example.com                     downloads           http    edge/Redirect          None
 ----
 
-. Get a list of DNS zones by running the following command:
+. Get a list of DNS zones.
++
+.. For public DNS zones by running the following command:
 +
 [source,terminal]
 ----
 $ az network dns zone list --resource-group "${RESOURCE_GROUP}"
 ----
++
+.. For private DNS zones by running the following command:
++
+[source,terminal]
+----
+$ az network private-dns zone list -g "${RESOURCE_GROUP}"
+----
+
 
 . Create a YAML file, for example, `external-dns-sample-azure.yaml`, that defines the `ExternalDNS` object:
 +
 .Example `external-dns-sample-azure.yaml` file
++
 [source,yaml]
 ----
 apiVersion: externaldns.olm.openshift.io/v1beta1
@@ -74,20 +86,26 @@ spec:
     type: OpenShiftRoute <6>
 ----
 <1> Specifies the External DNS name.
-<2> Defines the zone ID.
+<2> Defines the zone ID. For a private DNS zone, change `dnszones` to `privateDnsZones`.
 <3> Defines the provider type.
 <4> You can define options for the source of DNS records.
 <5> If the source type is `OpenShiftRoute`, you can pass the OpenShift Ingress Controller name. External DNS selects the canonical hostname of that router as the target while creating CNAME record.
 <6> Defines the `route` resource as the source for the Azure DNS records.
 
-. Check the DNS records created for {product-title} routes by running the following command:
+.Troubleshooting
+
+. Check the records created for the routes.
++
+.. For public DNS zones by running the following command:
 +
 [source,terminal]
 ----
-$ az network dns record-set list -g "${RESOURCE_GROUP}"  -z test.azure.example.com | grep console
+$ az network dns record-set list -g "${RESOURCE_GROUP}" -z "${ZONE_NAME}" | grep console
 ----
 +
-[NOTE]
-====
-To create records on private hosted zones on private Azure DNS, you need to specify the private zone under the `zones` field which populates the provider type to `azure-private-dns` in the `ExternalDNS` container arguments.
-====
+.. For private DNS zones by running the following command:
++
+[source,terminal]
+----
+$ az network private-dns record-set list -g "${RESOURCE_GROUP}" -z "${ZONE_NAME}" | grep console
+----
diff --git a/networking/networking_operators/external_dns_operator/nw-creating-dns-records-on-azure.adoc b/networking/networking_operators/external_dns_operator/nw-creating-dns-records-on-azure.adoc
index 09446722a55d..07a3c0051921 100644
--- a/networking/networking_operators/external_dns_operator/nw-creating-dns-records-on-azure.adoc
+++ b/networking/networking_operators/external_dns_operator/nw-creating-dns-records-on-azure.adoc
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ You can create DNS records on Azure by using the External DNS Operator.
 Using the External DNS Operator on a {entra-first}-enabled cluster or a cluster that runs in {azure-full} Government (MAG) regions is not supported.
 ====
 
-// Creating DNS records on an Azure public DNS zone
+// Creating DNS records on an Azure DNS zone
 include::modules/nw-control-dns-records-public-hosted-zone-azure.adoc[leveloffset=+1]