diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
index a3845bd457..b365185053 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ exceptions.  Call this on your exception and it will report the error together w
 use in Ansible verbose mode.
 
 ```python
-from ansible.module_utils.aws.core AnsibleAWSModule
+from ansible.module_utils.aws.core import AnsibleAWSModule
 
 # Set up module parameters
 ...