diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown
index 52c815383..8105d8b83 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/index.html.markdown
@@ -6,5 +6,38 @@ sidebar_current: "docs-aws-index"
 
 # AWS Provider
 
-Foobar
+The Amazon Web Services (AWS) provider is used to interact with the
+many resources supported by AWS. The provider needs to be configured
+with the proper credentials before it can be used.
+
+Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```
+# Configure the AWS Provider
+provider "aws" {
+    access_key = "${var.aws_access_key}"
+    secret_key = "${var.aws_secret_key}"
+    region = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+# Create a web server
+resource "aws_instance" "web" {
+    ...
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+The following arguments are supported:
+
+* `access_key` - (Required) This is the AWS access key. It must be provided, but
+  it can also be sourced from the `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` environment variable.
+
+* `secret_key` - (Required) This is the AWS secret key. It must be provided, but
+  it can also be sourced from the `AWS_SECRET_KEY` environment variable.
+
+* `region` - (Required) This is the AWS region. It must be provided, but
+  it can also be sourced from the `AWS_REGION` environment variables.
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown
index faf79ab04..0b6123115 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ resource "aws_instance" "web" {
 
 ## Argument Reference
 
-The following arugments are supported:
+The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `inline` - This is a list of command strings. They are executed in the order
   they are provided. This cannot be provided with `script` or `scripts`.