website: note special behavior for modules in us-east-1 S3 buckets (#24155)

* Keep s3 docs in line with functionality

Related to https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/16442

* @nfagerlund's suggested markdown and wording changes
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@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ module "consul" {
}
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-> **Note:** Buckets in AWS's us-east-1 region must use the hostname `s3.amazonaws.com` (instead of `s3-us-east-1.amazonaws.com`).
The `s3::` prefix causes Terraform to use AWS-style authentication when
accessing the given URL. As a result, this scheme may also work for other
services that mimic the S3 API, as long as they handle authentication in the