diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py
index dcddad5659..de06a2f465 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 module: ec2_instance
 short_description: Create & manage EC2 instances
 description:
-    - Gather facts about ec2 instances in AWS
+    - Create and manage AWS EC2 instance
 version_added: "2.5"
 author:
   - Ryan Scott Brown, @ryansb