diff --git a/docs/drivers/aws.md b/docs/drivers/aws.md
index eb3c796889..5710b17858 100644
--- a/docs/drivers/aws.md
+++ b/docs/drivers/aws.md
@@ -9,12 +9,31 @@ parent="smn_machine_drivers"
 <![end-metadata]-->
 
 # Amazon Web Services
-Create machines on [Amazon Web Services](http://aws.amazon.com). You will need
-an Access Key ID, Secret Access Key and a VPC ID. To find the VPC ID, login to
-the AWS console and go to Services -> VPC -> Your VPCs. Select the one where you
-would like to launch the instance.
+Create machines on [Amazon Web Services](http://aws.amazon.com). To create machines on [Amazon Web Services](http://aws.amazon.com), you must supply three required parameters:
 
-Options:
+ - Access Key ID
+ - Secret Access Key
+ - VPC ID
+
+Obtain your IDs and Keys from AWS. To find the VPC ID:
+
+  1. Login to the AWS console
+  2. Go to **Services -> VPC -> Your VPCs**.
+  3. Locate the VPC ID you want from the *VPC* column.
+  4. Go to **Services -> VPC -> Subnets**. Examine the *Availability Zone* column to verify that zone `a` exists and matches your VPC ID.
+
+  For example, `us-east1-a` is in the `a` availability zone. If the `a` zone is not present, you can create a new subnet in that zone or specify a different zone when you create the machine.
+
+To create the machine instance, specify `--driver amazonec2` and the three required parameters.
+
+```
+$ docker-machine create --driver amazonec2 --amazonec2-access-key AKI******* --amazonec2-secret-key 8T93C********* --amazonec2-vpc-id vpc-****** aws01
+```
+
+This example assumes the VPC ID was found in the `a` availability zone. Use the` --amazonec2-zone` flag to specify a zone other than the `a` zone. For example, `--amazonec2-zone c` signifies `us-east1-c`.
+
+
+### Options
 
  - `--amazonec2-access-key`: **required** Your access key id for the Amazon Web Services API.
  - `--amazonec2-secret-key`: **required** Your secret access key for the Amazon Web Services API.
@@ -71,4 +90,3 @@ Environment variables and default values:
 | `--amazonec2-spot-price`            | -                       | `0.50`           |
 | `--amazonec2-private-address-only`  | -                       | `false`          |
 | `--amazonec2-monitoring`            | -                       | `false`          |
-
diff --git a/docs/install-machine.md b/docs/install-machine.md
index 6fc9869d55..0b544b2770 100644
--- a/docs/install-machine.md
+++ b/docs/install-machine.md
@@ -31,39 +31,31 @@ target="_blank">the Docker binary</a>.
 2. Download the archive containing the Docker Machine binaries and extract them
 to your PATH.
 
-Linux:
+    Linux:
 
-```
-$ curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.5.0/docker-machine_linux-amd64.zip >machine.zip && \
-  unzip machine.zip && \
-  rm machine.zip && \
-  mv docker-machine* /usr/local/bin
-```
+        $ curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.5.0/docker-machine_linux-amd64.zip >machine.zip && \
+        unzip machine.zip && \
+        rm machine.zip && \
+        mv docker-machine* /usr/local/bin
 
-OSX:
+    OSX:
 
-```
-$ curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.5.0/docker-machine_darwin-amd64.zip >machine.zip && \
-  unzip machine.zip && \
-  rm machine.zip && \
-  mv docker-machine* /usr/local/bin
-```
+        $ curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.5.0/docker-machine_darwin-amd64.zip >machine.zip && \
+        unzip machine.zip && \
+        rm machine.zip && \
+        mv docker-machine* /usr/local/bin
 
-Windows (using Git Bash):
+    Windows (using Git Bash):
 
-```
-$ curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.5.0/docker-machine_windows-amd64.zip >machine.zip && \
-  unzip machine.zip && \
-  rm machine.zip && \
-  mv docker-machine* /usr/local/bin
-```
+        $ curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.5.0/docker-machine_windows-amd64.zip >machine.zip && \
+        unzip machine.zip && \
+        rm machine.zip && \
+        mv docker-machine* /usr/local/bin
 
-3. Check the installation by displaying the Machine version:
+4. Check the installation by displaying the Machine version:
 
-```
-$ docker-machine -v
-machine version 0.5.0 (3e06852)
-```
+        $ docker-machine -v
+        machine version 0.5.0 (3e06852)
 
 ## Where to go next