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@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Add the `context` parameter to your `variable.tf` file:
 
 Update `main.tf` to use `context` for naming and namespace configuration:
 
+{{< alert title="Authoring for AWS" color="primary" >}}
+AWS users are currently required to define their \`required_providers.aws\` property with their \`main.tf\` in order to access AWS credentials.
+{{< /alert >}}
+
 {{< rad file="snippets/redis-kubernetes-main.tf" embed=true marker="//RESOURCE" lang="terraform" >}}
 
 {{% /codetab %}}