From ef4ec735b6f1d6db4b778f446008ba364f78a704 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lied <mail@franz-reinhardt.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 08:29:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add local provisioning step notes to EC2 pages (adapted with
 changes by mpdehaan).

---
 docsite/latest/rst/guide_aws.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/guide_aws.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/guide_aws.rst
index cefc83d3532..9e48f6cc8ea 100644
--- a/docsite/latest/rst/guide_aws.rst
+++ b/docsite/latest/rst/guide_aws.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ Requirements for the AWS modules are minimal.  All of the modules require and ar
 
 You can also install it via pip if you want.
 
+The following steps will often execute outside the host loop, so it makes sense to add localhost to inventory.  Ansible
+may not require this step in the future::
+
+    [local]
+    localhost
+
+And in your playbook steps we'll typically be using the following pattern for provisioning steps::
+
+    - hosts: localhost
+      connection: local
+      gather_facts: False
+
 .. _aws_provisioning:
 
 Provisioning