diff --git a/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown
index d771e5586..7ce46c684 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html.markdown
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ resource "aws_instance" "web" {
     }
 
     provisioner "remote-exec" {
-        inline = ["/tmp/script.sh args"]
+        inline = [
+          "chmod +x /tmp/script.sh",
+          "/tmp/script.sh args"
+        ]
     }
 }
 ```