diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
index 017ff9090db..c3416240e22 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ except ImportError:
 def main():
 
     if not HAS_BOTO3:
-        module.fail_json(msg='boto required for this module')
+        module.fail_json(msg='boto3 required for this module')
 ```
 
 #### boto and boto3 combined