diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
index 6615ba38a27..e55da2605f0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ options:
     description:
       - VPC id of the requesting VPC.
     required: false
+  peering_id:
+    description:
+      - Peering connection id.
+    required: false
   peer_vpc_id:
     description:
       - VPC id of the accepting VPC.