diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py
index 1c790849cf..2c83e0d320 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_ami_find.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 # Search for the AMI tagged "project:website"
 - ec2_ami_find:
     owner: self
-    tags:
+    ami_tags:
       project: website
     no_result_action: fail
   register: ami_find