diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py
index 250095a9dcb..822147468a2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ options:
   purge_rules_egress:
     version_added: "1.8"
     description:
-      - Purge existing rules_egree on security group that are not found in rules_egress
+      - Purge existing rules_egress on security group that are not found in rules_egress
     required: false
     default: 'true'
     aliases: []