diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_peer_parameter_checking.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_peer_parameter_checking.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83ae91795be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_peer_parameter_checking.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+ - Added parameter checking before the module attempts to do an action to give helpful error message
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_peering_facts_tags.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_peering_facts_tags.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f6fad5d0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_peering_facts_tags.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - Changed output of tags dictionary in results to standard Ansible format
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
index 58fabe6c3a0..4cf9edbe2f3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
@@ -403,11 +403,20 @@ def main():
             state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent', 'accept', 'reject'])
         )
     )
-    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)
+    required_if = [
+        ('state', 'present', ['vpc_id', 'peer_vpc_id']),
+        ('state', 'accept', ['peering_id']),
+        ('state', 'reject', ['peering_id'])
+    ]
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec, required_if=required_if)
 
     if not HAS_BOTO3:
         module.fail_json(msg='json, botocore and boto3 are required.')
     state = module.params.get('state')
+    peering_id = module.params.get('peering_id')
+    vpc_id = module.params.get('vpc_id')
+    peer_vpc_id = module.params.get('peer_vpc_id')
     try:
         region, ec2_url, aws_connect_kwargs = get_aws_connection_info(module, boto3=True)
         client = boto3_conn(module, conn_type='client', resource='ec2',
@@ -419,6 +428,9 @@ def main():
         (changed, results) = create_peer_connection(client, module)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, peering_id=results)
     elif state == 'absent':
+        if not peering_id and (not vpc_id or not peer_vpc_id):
+            module.fail_json(msg='state is absent but one of the following is missing: peering_id or [vpc_id, peer_vpc_id]')
+
         remove_peer_connection(client, module)
     else:
         (changed, results) = accept_reject(state, client, module)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peering_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peering_facts.py
index 983f1afa553..4242ca8378f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peering_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peering_facts.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ except ImportError:
     pass  # will be picked up by imported HAS_BOTO3
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import (ec2_argument_spec, boto3_conn, get_aws_connection_info,
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import (boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict,
+                                      ec2_argument_spec, boto3_conn, get_aws_connection_info,
                                       ansible_dict_to_boto3_filter_list, HAS_BOTO3, camel_dict_to_snake_dict)
 
 
@@ -128,8 +129,13 @@ def main():
     except botocore.exceptions.NoCredentialsError as e:
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
 
+    # Turn the boto3 result in to ansible friendly_snaked_names
     results = [camel_dict_to_snake_dict(peer) for peer in get_vpc_peers(ec2, module)]
 
+    # Turn the boto3 result in to ansible friendly tag dictionary
+    for peer in results:
+        peer['tags'] = boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict(peer.get('tags', []))
+
     module.exit_json(result=results)