diff --git a/library/cloud/ec2 b/library/cloud/ec2
index 6a352f3f4d..3752136098 100644
--- a/library/cloud/ec2
+++ b/library/cloud/ec2
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ options:
     default: null
     aliases: []
   assign_public_ip:
-    version_added: "1.4"
+    version_added: "1.5"
     description:
       - when provisioning within vpc, assign a public IP address. Boto library must be 2.13.0+
     required: false