diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/flow_log.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/flow_log.html.markdown
index d0ea141ef4..498e23450a 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/flow_log.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/flow_log.html.markdown
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ interface, subnet, or VPC. Logs are sent to a CloudWatch Log Group.
 
 ```
 resource "aws_flow_log" "test_flow_log" {
-  # log_group_name needs to exist before hand
-  # until we have a CloudWatch Log Group Resource
-  log_group_name = "tf-test-log-group"
+  log_group_name = "${aws_cloudwatch_log_group.test_log_group.name}"
   iam_role_arn = "${aws_iam_role.test_role.arn}"
   vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.default.id}"
   traffic_type = "ALL"
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "test_log_group" {
+    name = "test_log_group"
+}
+
 resource "aws_iam_role" "test_role" {
     name = "test_role"
     assume_role_policy = <<EOF
@@ -89,4 +91,4 @@ Flow Logs can be imported using the `id`, e.g.
 
 ```
 $ terraform import aws_flow_log.test_flow_log fl-1a2b3c4d
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```