diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py
index b9d796fc4bf..fcb1811f8f3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 # Launch an EC2 instance
 - ec2:
-    image: "{{ ami_search.results[0].ami_id }}"
+    image: "{{ ami_find.results[0].ami_id }}"
     instance_type: m3.medium
     key_name: mykey
     wait: yes