diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
index f0e1f8ccebc..6e25f554b98 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ 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: []