diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-chroot.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-chroot.html.md
index 7bb0adcec..53c21ff30 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-chroot.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-chroot.html.md
@@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized.
     -   `most_recent` (boolean) - Selects the newest created image when true.
         This is most useful for selecting a daily distro build.
 
+    You may set this in place of `source_ami` or in conjunction with it. If you
+    set this in conjunction with `source_ami`, the `source_ami` will be added to 
+    the filter. The provided `source_ami` must meet all of the filtering criteria
+    provided in `source_ami_filter`; this pins the AMI returned by the filter, 
+    but will cause Packer to fail if the `source_ami` does not exist.
+
 -   `sriov_support` (boolean) - Enable enhanced networking (SriovNetSupport but not ENA)
     on HVM-compatible AMIs. If true, add `ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute` to your AWS IAM
     policy. Note: you must make sure enhanced networking is enabled on your instance. See [Amazon's
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md
index 4f2a44498..effa6e5ef 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md
@@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ builder.
     -   `most_recent` (boolean) - Selects the newest created image when true.
         This is most useful for selecting a daily distro build.
 
+    You may set this in place of `source_ami` or in conjunction with it. If you
+    set this in conjunction with `source_ami`, the `source_ami` will be added to 
+    the filter. The provided `source_ami` must meet all of the filtering criteria
+    provided in `source_ami_filter`; this pins the AMI returned by the filter, 
+    but will cause Packer to fail if the `source_ami` does not exist.        
+
 -   `spot_price` (string) - The maximum hourly price to pay for a spot instance
     to create the AMI. Spot instances are a type of instance that EC2 starts
     when the current spot price is less than the maximum price you specify. Spot
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebssurrogate.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebssurrogate.html.md
index c01c3c493..757ae1229 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebssurrogate.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebssurrogate.html.md
@@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ builder.
 
     -   `most_recent` (boolean) - Selects the newest created image when true.
         This is most useful for selecting a daily distro build.
+        
+    You may set this in place of `source_ami` or in conjunction with it. If you
+    set this in conjunction with `source_ami`, the `source_ami` will be added to 
+    the filter. The provided `source_ami` must meet all of the filtering criteria
+    provided in `source_ami_filter`; this pins the AMI returned by the filter, 
+    but will cause Packer to fail if the `source_ami` does not exist.        
 
 -   `spot_price` (string) - The maximum hourly price to pay for a spot instance
     to create the AMI. Spot instances are a type of instance that EC2 starts
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md
index 186295b87..c8604cc25 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ builder.
     -   `most_recent` (boolean) - Selects the newest created image when true.
         This is most useful for selecting a daily distro build.
 
+    You may set this in place of `source_ami` or in conjunction with it. If you
+    set this in conjunction with `source_ami`, the `source_ami` will be added to 
+    the filter. The provided `source_ami` must meet all of the filtering criteria
+    provided in `source_ami_filter`; this pins the AMI returned by the filter, 
+    but will cause Packer to fail if the `source_ami` does not exist.        
+
 -   `spot_price` (string) - The maximum hourly price to pay for a spot instance
     to create the AMI. Spot instances are a type of instance that EC2 starts
     when the current spot price is less than the maximum price you specify. Spot
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md
index 924e174dd..5773c8bdd 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md
@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ builder.
 
     -   `most_recent` (boolean) - Selects the newest created image when true.
         This is most useful for selecting a daily distro build.
+        
+    You may set this in place of `source_ami` or in conjunction with it. If you
+    set this in conjunction with `source_ami`, the `source_ami` will be added to 
+    the filter. The provided `source_ami` must meet all of the filtering criteria
+    provided in `source_ami_filter`; this pins the AMI returned by the filter, 
+    but will cause Packer to fail if the `source_ami` does not exist.        
 
 -   `snapshot_tags` (object of key/value strings) - Tags to apply to snapshot.
     They will override AMI tags if already applied to snapshot.