diff --git a/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
index 9ad64c8e9fb..e9816366921 100644
--- a/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
+++ b/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ options:
   instance_tags:
     version_added: "1.0"
     description:
-      - a hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new instance or for for starting/stopping instance by tag; '{"key":"value"}' and '{"key":"value","key":"value"}'
+      - a hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new instance or for starting/stopping instance by tag; '{"key":"value"}' and '{"key":"value","key":"value"}'
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []