diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/guide/credentials.md b/docs/providers/aws/guide/credentials.md
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@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Default region name [None]: us-west-2
 Default output format [None]: ENTER
 ```
 
-Credentials are stored in INI format in `~/.aws/credentials`, which you can edit directly if needed. Read more about that file in the [AWS documentation](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html#cli-config-files)
+Credentials are stored in INI format in `~/.aws/credentials`, which you can edit directly if needed. You can change the path to the credentials file via the AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE environment variable. Read more about that file in the [AWS documentation](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html#cli-config-files)
 
 You can even set up different profiles for different accounts, which can be used by Serverless as well. To specify a default profile to use, you can add a `profile` setting to your `provider` configuration in `serverless.yml`: