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@@ -67,6 +67,34 @@ This is seen in the following AWS IAM Statement:
 }
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+### DynamoDB Table Permissions
+
+If you are using state locking, Terraform will need the following AWS IAM
+permissions on the DynamoDB table (`arn:aws:dynamodb:::table/mytable`):
+
+* `dynamodb:GetItem`
+* `dynamodb:PutItem`
+* `dynamodb:DeleteItem`
+
+This is seen in the following AWS IAM Statement:
+
+```json
+{
+  "Version": "2012-10-17",
+  "Statement": [
+    {
+      "Effect": "Allow",
+      "Action": [
+        "dynamodb:GetItem",
+        "dynamodb:PutItem",
+        "dynamodb:DeleteItem"
+      ],
+      "Resource": "arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/mytable"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
 ## Using the S3 remote state
 
 To make use of the S3 remote state we can use the