diff --git a/docs/aws.md b/docs/aws.md
index 6db6653644..0e6e16bb1e 100644
--- a/docs/aws.md
+++ b/docs/aws.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ In order to control Kubernetes clusters we need to [install the CLI tool](instal
 
 In order to correctly prepare your AWS account for `kops`, we require you to
 install the AWS CLI tools, and have API credentials for an account that has
-administrator level privileges.
+the permissions to create a new IAM account for `kops` later in the guide.
+
 
 Once you've [installed the AWS CLI tools](install.md) and have correctly setup
 your system to use the official AWS methods of registering security credentials
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 0bac53b9d1..b901cbb184 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The officially supported way of installing the tool is with `pip` as in
 pip install awscli
 ```
 
-You can also grab the tool with homebrew, although this is not officially supported.
+You can also grab the tool with homebrew, although this is not officially supported by AWS.
 
 ```bash
 brew update && brew install awscli