diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/pages/RunMonkeyPage.js b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/pages/RunMonkeyPage.js
index aefa19921..8ddb860d2 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/pages/RunMonkeyPage.js
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/pages/RunMonkeyPage.js
@@ -326,16 +326,25 @@ class RunMonkeyPageComponent extends AuthComponent {
                     Update AWS details
                     { this.state.awsUpdateClicked ? <Icon name="refresh" className="text-success" style={{'marginLeft': '5px'}}/> : null }
                   </Button>
-                  {
-                    this.state.awsUpdateFailed ?
-                      <div className="alert alert-danger" role="alert">Authentication failed. Bad credentials.</div>
-                      :
-                      null
-                  }
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
+            {
+              this.state.awsUpdateFailed ?
+                <div className="col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2" style={{'fontSize': '1.2em'}}>
+                  <p className="alert alert-danger" role="alert">Authentication failed.</p>
+                  <p className="alert alert-info">
+                    <i className="glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign" style={{'marginRight': '5px'}}/>
+                    In order to remotely run commands on AWS EC2 instances, please make sure you have
+                    the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/console/ec2/run-command/prereqs" target="_blank">prerequisites</a> and if the
+                    instances don't show up, check the
+                    AWS <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/console/ec2/run-command/troubleshooting" target="_blank">troubleshooting guide</a>.
+                  </p>
+                </div>
+                :
+                null
+            }
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>