diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/envoyextensionypolicy_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/envoyextensionypolicy_types.go
index 9dda1d39919..76e863ce00d 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/envoyextensionypolicy_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/envoyextensionypolicy_types.go
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ type EnvoyExtensionPolicySpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation:rule="self.kind in ['Gateway', 'HTTPRoute', 'GRPCRoute', 'UDPRoute', 'TCPRoute', 'TLSRoute']", message="this policy can only have a targetRef.kind of Gateway/HTTPRoute/GRPCRoute/TCPRoute/UDPRoute/TLSRoute"
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation:rule="!has(self.sectionName)",message="this policy does not yet support the sectionName field"
 	//
-	// TargetRef is the name of the Gateway resource this policy
+	// TargetRef is the name of the resource this policy
 	// is being attached to.
 	// This Policy and the TargetRef MUST be in the same namespace
-	// for this Policy to have effect and be applied to the Gateway.
-	// TargetRef
+	// for this Policy to have effect and be applied to the Gateway or xRoute.
 	TargetRef gwapiv1a2.PolicyTargetReferenceWithSectionName `json:"targetRef"`
 
 	// Wasm is a list of Wasm extensions to be loaded by the Gateway.
diff --git a/charts/gateway-helm/crds/generated/gateway.envoyproxy.io_envoyextensionpolicies.yaml b/charts/gateway-helm/crds/generated/gateway.envoyproxy.io_envoyextensionpolicies.yaml
index eca1f8936ae..359a3484d3d 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-helm/crds/generated/gateway.envoyproxy.io_envoyextensionpolicies.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-helm/crds/generated/gateway.envoyproxy.io_envoyextensionpolicies.yaml
@@ -272,11 +272,10 @@ spec:
                 type: array
               targetRef:
                 description: |-
-                  TargetRef is the name of the Gateway resource this policy
+                  TargetRef is the name of the resource this policy
                   is being attached to.
                   This Policy and the TargetRef MUST be in the same namespace
-                  for this Policy to have effect and be applied to the Gateway.
-                  TargetRef
+                  for this Policy to have effect and be applied to the Gateway or xRoute.
                 properties:
                   group:
                     description: Group is the group of the target resource.
diff --git a/site/content/en/latest/api/extension_types.md b/site/content/en/latest/api/extension_types.md
index 73528acbcff..2b259ff865d 100644
--- a/site/content/en/latest/api/extension_types.md
+++ b/site/content/en/latest/api/extension_types.md
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ _Appears in:_
 
 | Field | Type | Required | Description |
 | ---   | ---  | ---      | ---         |
-| `targetRef` | _[PolicyTargetReferenceWithSectionName](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/spec/#gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1alpha2.PolicyTargetReferenceWithSectionName)_ |  true  | TargetRef is the name of the Gateway resource this policy<br />is being attached to.<br />This Policy and the TargetRef MUST be in the same namespace<br />for this Policy to have effect and be applied to the Gateway.<br />TargetRef |
+| `targetRef` | _[PolicyTargetReferenceWithSectionName](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/spec/#gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1alpha2.PolicyTargetReferenceWithSectionName)_ |  true  | TargetRef is the name of the resource this policy<br />is being attached to.<br />This Policy and the TargetRef MUST be in the same namespace<br />for this Policy to have effect and be applied to the Gateway or xRoute. |
 | `wasm` | _[Wasm](#wasm) array_ |  false  | Wasm is a list of Wasm extensions to be loaded by the Gateway.<br />Order matters, as the extensions will be loaded in the order they are<br />defined in this list. |
 | `extProc` | _[ExtProc](#extproc) array_ |  false  | ExtProc is an ordered list of external processing filters<br />that should added to the envoy filter chain |