diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/_ec2_ami_search.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/_ec2_ami_search.py
index 7984b67a29..4e3189f5e7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/_ec2_ami_search.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/_ec2_ami_search.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ options:
     description: EC2 region
     required: false
     default: us-east-1
-    choices: ["ap-northeast-1", "ap-southeast-1", "ap-southeast-2",
-              "eu-central-1", "eu-west-1", "sa-east-1", "us-east-1",
-              "us-west-1", "us-west-2", "us-gov-west-1"]
+    choices: ["ap-northeast-1", "ap-southeast-1", "ap-northeast-2",
+              "ap-southeast-2", "eu-central-1", "eu-west-1", "sa-east-1",
+              "us-east-1", "us-west-1", "us-west-2", "us-gov-west-1"]
   virt:
     description: virutalization type
     required: false
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ SUPPORTED_DISTROS = ['ubuntu']
 
 AWS_REGIONS = ['ap-northeast-1',
                'ap-southeast-1',
+               'ap-northeast-2',
                'ap-southeast-2',
+               'ap-south-1',
                'eu-central-1',
                'eu-west-1',
                'sa-east-1',
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_facts.py
index e63e625fa2..31142b2cee 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_facts.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Ec2Metadata(object):
                    'ap-northeast-2',
                    'ap-southeast-1',
                    'ap-southeast-2',
+                   'ap-south-1',
                    'eu-central-1',
                    'eu-west-1',
                    'sa-east-1',