From 33dfeecbeefc745b93ceea8d9a614a9e754de6b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kmoe <5575356+kmoe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:35:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: more detail on import IDs (#34153)

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 website/docs/language/import/index.mdx | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/website/docs/language/import/index.mdx b/website/docs/language/import/index.mdx
index d9769fcc3c..a9f91f15eb 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/import/index.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/language/import/index.mdx
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ The above `import` block defines an import of the AWS instance with the ID "i-ab
 
 The `import` block has the following arguments:
  - `to` - The instance address this resource will have in your state file.
- - `id` - A string with the [import ID](#import-id) of the resource.
+ - `id` - A string with the [import ID](#import-id) of the resource, or an expression that evaluates to a string.
  - `provider` (optional) - An optional custom resource provider, see [The Resource provider Meta-Argument](/terraform/language/meta-arguments/resource-provider) for details.
 
 If you do not set the `provider` argument, Terraform attempts to import from the default provider. 
 
 ### Import ID
 
-The import block's `id` argument can be a literal string of your resource's import ID, or an expression that evaluates to a string. Terraform needs this import ID to locate the resource you want to import.
+The import block's `id` argument can be a literal string of your resource's import ID, or an expression that evaluates to a string, such as `var.instance_id`. Terraform needs this import ID to locate the resource you want to import.
 
 The import ID must be known at plan time for planning to succeed. If the value of `id` is only known after apply, `terraform plan` will fail with an error.