diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/platforms/aws_guidelines.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/platforms/aws_guidelines.rst
index 698cbec46b6..07d758dd0cb 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/platforms/aws_guidelines.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/platforms/aws_guidelines.rst
@@ -153,6 +153,18 @@ or:
        if not HAS_BOTO3:
            module.fail_json(msg='boto3 and botocore are required for this module')
 
+Supporting Module Defaults
+--------------------------
+
+The existing AWS modules support using :ref:`module_defaults <module_defaults>` for common 
+authentication parameters.  To do the same for your new module, add an entry for it in
+``lib/ansible/config/module_defaults.yml``.  These entries take the form of:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  aws_module_name:
+  - aws
+
 Connecting to AWS
 =================