diff --git a/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/README.md b/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/README.md
index fcc54e76fa..e05cc6cfd1 100644
--- a/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/README.md
+++ b/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The flow of the example is as follows:
 
 1. Initialize the SPI bus and configure the pins. In this example, VSPI peripheral is used. The pins chosen in this example correspond to IOMUX pins for the VSPI peripheral. If the pin assignment is changed, SPI driver will instead connect the peripheral to the pins using the GPIO Matrix.
 
-2. Initialize the SPI flash chip. This involves creating a run-time object which describes the flash chip (`esp_flash_t`), probing the flash chip, and configuring it for the selected read mode. By default this example uses DIO mode, which only requires 4 pins (MOSI, MISO, SCLK, CS). For modes such as QIO and QOUT, additional pins must be connected.
+2. Initialize the SPI flash chip. This involves creating a run-time object which describes the flash chip (`esp_flash_t`), probing the flash chip, and configuring it for the selected read mode. By default this example uses DIO mode, which only requires 4 pins (MOSI, MISO, SCLK, CS) but we strongly recommand to connect (or pull-up) the WP and HD pins. For modes such as QIO and QOUT, additional pins (WP/DQ2, HD/DQ3) must be connected.
 
 3. Register the entire area of the Flash chip as a *partition* (`esp_partition_t`). This allows other components (FATFS, SPIFFS, NVS, etc) to use the storage provided by the external flash chip.
 
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ GPIO23        | MOSI           | DI
 GPIO19        | MISO           | DO
 GPIO18        | SCLK           | CLK
 GPIO5         | CS             | CMD
-unconnected   |                | WP
-unconnected   |                | HOLD
+GPIO22        | WP             | WP
+GPIO21        | HD             | HOLD
 GND           |                | GND
 VCC           |                | VCC
 
diff --git a/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/main/ext_flash_fatfs_example_main.c b/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/main/ext_flash_fatfs_example_main.c
index a596a8119d..a219a82b94 100644
--- a/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/main/ext_flash_fatfs_example_main.c
+++ b/examples/storage/ext_flash_fatfs/main/ext_flash_fatfs_example_main.c
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ static esp_flash_t* example_init_ext_flash(void)
         .mosi_io_num = VSPI_IOMUX_PIN_NUM_MOSI,
         .miso_io_num = VSPI_IOMUX_PIN_NUM_MISO,
         .sclk_io_num = VSPI_IOMUX_PIN_NUM_CLK,
-        .quadwp_io_num = -1,
-        .quadhd_io_num = -1,
+        .quadhd_io_num = VSPI_IOMUX_PIN_NUM_HD,
+        .quadwp_io_num = VSPI_IOMUX_PIN_NUM_WP,
     };
 
     const esp_flash_spi_device_config_t device_config = {