diff --git a/share/templates/readmes/aws.md b/share/templates/readmes/aws.md
index 64582ea..dde69de 100644
--- a/share/templates/readmes/aws.md
+++ b/share/templates/readmes/aws.md
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ replace it with:
 
 		ssh-keygen -y -f /path/to/myinstance.pem
 
-2. copy the above results
+2. copy the above results.  on osx this would look like:
 
+		ssh-keygen -y -f /path/to/myinstance.pem | pbcopy
 3. log in to the ubuntu instance using default ubuntu user
 
 4. change users to the custom username