diff --git a/plugins/aws/README.md b/plugins/aws/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a45199b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/aws/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# aws
+
+This plugin provides completion support for [awscli](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/index.html)
+and a few utilities to manage AWS profiles: a function to change profiles with autocompletion support
+and a function to get the current AWS profile. The current AWS profile is also displayed in `RPROMPT`.
+
+To use it, add `aws` to the plugins array in your zshrc file.
+
+```zsh
+plugins=(... aws)
+```
+
+## Plugin commands
+
+* `asp <profile>`: Sets `AWS_PROFILE` and `AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE` (legacy) to `<profile>`.
+It also adds it to your RPROMPT.
+
+* `agp`: Gets the current value of `AWS_PROFILE`.
+
+* `aws_profiles`: Lists the available profiles in the file referenced in `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` (default: ~/.aws/config). Used to provide completion for the `asp` function.