diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
index 519df27ac7b..ceb28f0dde4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ options:
   instance_profile_name:
     version_added: "1.3"
     description:
-      - Name of the IAM instance profile to use. Boto library must be 2.5.0+
+      - Name of the IAM instance profile (i.e. what the EC2 console refers to as an "IAM Role") to use. Boto library must be 2.5.0+
   instance_ids:
     version_added: "1.3"
     description: