diff --git a/aws_ebs/README.md b/aws_ebs/README.md
index 2a56c1a8..5dc3a184 100644
--- a/aws_ebs/README.md
+++ b/aws_ebs/README.md
@@ -33,11 +33,20 @@ Documentation for other releases can be found at
 This is a simple web server pod which serves HTML from an AWS EBS
 volume.
 
-Create a volume in the same region as your node add your volume
-information in the pod description file aws-ebs-web.yaml then create
-the pod:
+If you did not use kube-up script, make sure that your minions have the following IAM permissions ([Amazon IAM Roles](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html#create-iam-role-console)):
 
-```sh
+```shell
+  ec2:AttachVolume
+  ec2:DetachVolume
+  ec2:DescribeInstances
+  ec2:DescribeVolumes
+```
+
+Create a volume in the same region as your node.
+
+Add your volume information in the pod description file aws-ebs-web.yaml then create the pod:
+
+```shell
   $ kubectl create -f examples/aws_ebs/aws-ebs-web.yaml
 ```