diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/dynamodb_table.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/dynamodb_table.html.markdown
index 49c66e1c6..413a17abb 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/dynamodb_table.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/dynamodb_table.html.markdown
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `stream_view_type` - (Optional) When an item in the table is modified, StreamViewType determines what information is written to the table's stream. Valid values are KEYS_ONLY, NEW_IMAGE, OLD_IMAGE, NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES.
 * `ttl` - (Optional) Defines ttl, has two properties, and can only be specified once:
   * `enabled` - (Required) Indicates whether ttl is enabled (true) or disabled (false).
-  * `attribute_name` - (Required) The `TTL` Attribute to be used.
+  * `attribute_name` - (Required) The name of the table attribute to store the TTL timestamp in. 
 * `local_secondary_index` - (Optional, Forces new resource) Describe an LSI on the table;
   these can only be allocated *at creation* so you cannot change this
 definition after you have created the resource.