diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/subnet.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/subnet.html.markdown
index 358ed720b8..9daf9d8a73 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/subnet.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/subnet.html.markdown
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Provides an VPC subnet resource.
 ```
 resource "aws_subnet" "main" {
     vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.main.id}"
-    cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/16"
+    cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"
 }
 ```