diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
index 68abf412cb..34532cbf15 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/GUIDELINES.md
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ except ImportError:
 try:
     result = connection.aws_call()
 except ClientError, e:
-    module.fail_json(msg=e.message, exception=traceback.format_ex(),
+    module.fail_json(msg=e.message, exception=traceback.format_exc(),
                      **camel_dict_to_snake_dict(e.response))
 ```