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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description: |-
 
 Provides an [EC2 key pair](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html) resource. A key pair is used to control login access to EC2 instances.
 
-Currently this resource only supports importing a user-supplied key pair, not the creation of a new key pair.
+Currently this resource requires an existing user-supplied key pair. This key pair's public key will be registered with AWS to allow logging-in to EC2 instances.
 
 When importing an existing key pair the public key material may be in any format supported by AWS. Supported formats (per the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html#how-to-generate-your-own-key-and-import-it-to-aws)) are: