diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
index 32be2075d3..05b72191ff 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/db_instance.html.markdown
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `final_snapshot_identifier` - (Optional) The name of your final DB snapshot
     when this DB instance is deleted. If omitted, no final snapshot will be
     made.
-* `skip_final_snapshot` - (Optional) Determines whether a final DB snapshot is created before the DB instance is deleted. If true is specified, no DBSnapshot is created. If false is specified, a DB snapshot is created before the DB instance is deleted. Default is true.
+* `skip_final_snapshot` - (Optional) Determines whether a final DB snapshot is created before the DB instance is deleted. If true is specified, no DBSnapshot is created. If false is specified, a DB snapshot is created before the DB instance is deleted, using the value from `final_snapshot_identifier`. Default is true.
 * `copy_tags_to_snapshot` – (Optional, boolean) On delete, copy all Instance `tags` to
 the final snapshot (if `final_snapshot_identifier` is specified). Default
 `false`