diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/amazon.rst b/docs/sources/installation/amazon.rst
index b9344042fa..c7979553c9 100644
--- a/docs/sources/installation/amazon.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/installation/amazon.rst
@@ -1,24 +1,77 @@
 :title: Installation on Amazon EC2
-:description: Docker installation on Amazon EC2 with a single vagrant command. Vagrant 1.1 or higher is required.
+:description: Docker installation on Amazon EC2 
 :keywords: amazon ec2, virtualization, cloud, docker, documentation, installation
 
-Using Vagrant (Amazon EC2)
-==========================
-
-This page explains how to setup and run an Amazon EC2 instance from
-your local machine.  **Vagrant is not necessary to run Docker on
-EC2.** You can follow the :ref:`ubuntu_linux` instructions installing
-Docker on any EC2 instance running Ubuntu.
-
-Installation
-------------
+Amazon EC2
+==========
 
 .. include:: install_header.inc
 
+There are several ways to install Docker on AWS EC2:
+
+* :ref:`amazonquickstart` or
+* :ref:`amazonstandard` or
+* :ref:`amazonvagrant`
+
+**You'll need an** `AWS account <http://aws.amazon.com/>`_ **first, of course.**
+
+.. _amazonquickstart:
+
+Amazon QuickStart
+-----------------
+
+1. **Choose an image:**
+
+   * Open http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/
+   * Enter ``amd64 precise`` in the search field (it will search as you
+     type)
+   * Pick an image by clicking on the image name. *An EBS-enabled
+     image will let you t1.micro instance.* Clicking on the image name
+     will take you to your AWS Console.
+
+2. **Tell CloudInit to install Docker:**
+
+   * Enter ``#include https://get.docker.io`` into the instance *User
+     Data*. `CloudInit <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CloudInit>`_
+     is part of the Ubuntu image you chose and it bootstraps from this
+     *User Data*.
+
+3. After a few more standard choices where defaults are probably ok, your
+   AWS Ubuntu instance with Docker should be running!
+
+**If this is your first AWS instance, you may need to set up your
+Security Group to allow SSH.** By default all incoming ports to your
+new instance will be blocked by the AWS Security Group, so you might
+just get timeouts when you try to connect.
+
+Installing with ``get.docker.io`` (as above) will create a service
+named ``dockerd``. You may want to set up a :ref:`docker group
+<dockergroup>` and add the *ubuntu* user to it so that you don't have
+to use ``sudo`` for every Docker command.
+
+Once you've got Docker installed, you're ready to try it out -- head
+on over to the :doc:`../use/basics` or :doc:`../examples/index` section.
+
+.. _amazonstandard:
+
+Standard Ubuntu Installation
+----------------------------
+
+If you want a more hands-on installation, then you can follow the
+:ref:`ubuntu_linux` instructions installing Docker on any EC2 instance
+running Ubuntu. Just follow Step 1 from :ref:`amazonquickstart` to
+pick an image (or use one of your own) and skip the step with the
+*User Data*. Then continue with the :ref:`ubuntu_linux` instructions.
+
+.. _amazonvagrant:
+
+Use Vagrant
+-----------
+
 .. include:: install_unofficial.inc
   
-Docker can now be installed on Amazon EC2 with a single vagrant
-command. Vagrant 1.1 or higher is required.
+And finally, if you prefer to work through Vagrant, you can install
+Docker that way too. Vagrant 1.1 or higher is required.
 
 1. Install vagrant from http://www.vagrantup.com/ (or use your package manager)
 2. Install the vagrant aws plugin
@@ -37,16 +90,17 @@ command. Vagrant 1.1 or higher is required.
 
 4. Check your AWS environment.
 
-   Create a keypair specifically for EC2, give it a name and save it to your disk. *I usually store these in my ~/.ssh/ folder*.
-
-   Check that your default security group has an inbound rule to accept SSH (port 22) connections.
-
+   Create a keypair specifically for EC2, give it a name and save it
+   to your disk. *I usually store these in my ~/.ssh/ folder*.
 
+   Check that your default security group has an inbound rule to
+   accept SSH (port 22) connections.
 
 5. Inform Vagrant of your settings
 
-   Vagrant will read your access credentials from your environment, so we need to set them there first. Make sure
-   you have everything on amazon aws setup so you can (manually) deploy a new image to EC2.
+   Vagrant will read your access credentials from your environment, so
+   we need to set them there first. Make sure you have everything on
+   amazon aws setup so you can (manually) deploy a new image to EC2.
 
    ::
 
@@ -60,7 +114,8 @@ command. Vagrant 1.1 or higher is required.
    * ``AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`` - The API key used to make requests to AWS
    * ``AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`` - The secret key to make AWS API requests
    * ``AWS_KEYPAIR_NAME`` - The name of the keypair used for this EC2 instance
-   * ``AWS_SSH_PRIVKEY`` - The path to the private key for the named keypair, for example ``~/.ssh/docker.pem``
+   * ``AWS_SSH_PRIVKEY`` - The path to the private key for the named
+     keypair, for example ``~/.ssh/docker.pem``
 
    You can check if they are set correctly by doing something like
 
@@ -75,10 +130,12 @@ command. Vagrant 1.1 or higher is required.
       vagrant up --provider=aws
 
 
-   If it stalls indefinitely on ``[default] Waiting for SSH to become available...``, Double check your default security
-   zone on AWS includes rights to SSH (port 22) to your container.
+   If it stalls indefinitely on ``[default] Waiting for SSH to become
+   available...``, Double check your default security zone on AWS
+   includes rights to SSH (port 22) to your container.
 
-   If you have an advanced AWS setup, you might want to have a look at https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant-aws
+   If you have an advanced AWS setup, you might want to have a look at
+   https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant-aws
 
 7. Connect to your machine