diff --git a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md
index 38c3bf301..647946c6b 100644
--- a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md
+++ b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ windows in addition to the powershell and windows-restart provisioners:
       "type": "amazon-ebs",
       "access_key": "{{ user `aws_access_key` }}",
       "secret_key": "{{ user `aws_secret_key` }}",
-      "region": "us-east-1",
+      "region": "{{ user `region` }}",
       "instance_type": "t2.micro",
       "source_ami_filter": {
         "filters": {