diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py
index a7656b3301c..f72af7380f8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_group.py
@@ -682,8 +682,8 @@ def main():
         if group:
             # existing group
             if group['Description'] != description:
-                module.fail_json(
-                    msg="Group description does not match existing group. ec2_group does not support this case.")
+                module.warn("Group description does not match existing group. Descriptions cannot be changed without deleting "
+                            "and re-creating the security group. Try using state=absent to delete, then rerunning this task.")
 
         # if the group doesn't exist, create it now
         else:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ec2_group/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/ec2_group/tasks/main.yml
index 4522daa788e..231c35b1d1a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ec2_group/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ec2_group/tasks/main.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
            - 'result.group_id.startswith("sg-")'
 
     # ============================================================
-    - name: test state=present different description raises error
+    - name: test state=present different description (expected changed=false)
       ec2_group:
         name: '{{ec2_group_name}}'
         description: '{{ec2_group_description}}CHANGED'
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@
       ignore_errors: true
       register: result
 
-    - name: assert matching group with non-matching description raises error
+    - name: assert state=present (expected changed=false)
       assert:
         that:
-           - 'result.failed'
-           - '"Group description does not match existing group. ec2_group does not support this case." in result.msg'
+           - 'not result.changed'
+           - 'result.group_id.startswith("sg-")'
 
     # ============================================================
     - name: test state=present (expected changed=false)