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 }
 </pre>
 
+<div class="alert alert-block alert-info">
+<strong>Note:</strong> Packer can also read the access key and secret
+access key from environmental variables. See the configuration reference in
+the section above for more information on what environmental variables Packer
+will look for.
+</div>
+
 ## AMI Name Variables
 
 The AMI name specified by the `ami_name` configuration variable is actually