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--- a/docs/sources/installation/amazon.rst
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@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
 Using Vagrant (Amazon EC2)
 ==========================
 
+This page explains how to setup and run an Amazon EC2 instance from your local machine. 
+Vagrant is not necessary to run Docker on EC2. You can follow the :ref:`ubuntu_linux` instructions
+installing Docker on any EC2 instance running Ubuntu
+
   Please note this is a community contributed installation path. The only 'official' installation is using the
   :ref:`ubuntu_linux` installation path. This version may sometimes be out of date.
-
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+  
+  
 Installation
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@@ -89,4 +93,4 @@ Docker can now be installed on Amazon EC2 with a single vagrant command. Vagrant
       docker
 
 
-Continue with the :ref:`hello_world` example.
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+Continue with the :ref:`hello_world` example.