diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
index ac11d87e74c..df412113615 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ options:
   count_tag:
     version_added: "1.5"
     description:
-      - Used with 'exact_count' to determine how many nodes based on a specific tag criteria should be running.  This can be expressed in multiple ways and is shown in the EXAMPLES section.  For instance, one can request 25 servers that are tagged with "class=webserver".
+      - Used with 'exact_count' to determine how many nodes based on a specific tag criteria should be running.  This can be expressed in multiple ways and is shown in the EXAMPLES section.  For instance, one can request 25 servers that are tagged with "class=webserver".  Specified tag must already exist or also be created in instance_tags.
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []