diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
index 7cb3798d1d..8b6659cfc0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     region: us-east-1
     vpc_id: vpc-12345678
     peer_vpc_id: vpc-87654321
-    peer_vpc_region: us-west-2
+    peer_region: us-west-2
     state: present
     tags:
       Name: Peering connection for us-east-1 VPC to us-west-2 VPC