diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
index 5ccbbf69fa6..e98b8af5ade 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
       - Enables Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration, sent data will be routed to Amazon S3 over an optimized network path.
     type: bool
     default: false
-    version_added: 7.6.0
+    version_added: 8.1.0
 
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - amazon.aws.common.modules
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 - amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
     name: mys3bucket
     state: present
-    accelerate: true
+    accelerate_enabled: true
 """
 
 RETURN = r"""
@@ -403,6 +403,11 @@
                 RestrictPublicBuckets:
                     description: Specifies whether Amazon S3 should restrict public bucket policies for this bucket.
                     type: bool
+accelerate_enabled:
+    description: S3 bucket acceleration status.
+    type: bool
+    returned: O(state=present)
+    sample: true
 """
 
 import json
@@ -898,7 +903,7 @@ def handle_bucket_accelerate(s3_client, module: AnsibleAWSModule, name: str) ->
         and a dictionary containing the updated transfer accelerate setting.
     """
     accelerate_enabled = module.params.get("accelerate_enabled")
-    accelerate_enabled_result = {}
+    accelerate_enabled_result = False
     accelerate_enabled_changed = False
     try:
         accelerate_status = get_bucket_accelerate_status(s3_client, name)
@@ -915,18 +920,17 @@ def handle_bucket_accelerate(s3_client, module: AnsibleAWSModule, name: str) ->
     ) as e:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
         module.fail_json_aws(e, msg="Failed to fetch bucket transfer acceleration state")
     else:
-        if accelerate_status is not None:
-            try:
-                if not accelerate_enabled and accelerate_status:
-                    delete_bucket_accelerate_configuration(s3_client, name)
-                    accelerate_enabled_changed = True
-                    accelerate_enabled_result = False
-                if accelerate_enabled and not accelerate_status:
-                    put_bucket_accelerate_configuration(s3_client, name)
-                    accelerate_enabled_changed = True
-                    accelerate_enabled_result = True
-            except (botocore.exceptions.BotoCoreError, botocore.exceptions.ClientError) as e:
-                module.fail_json_aws(e, msg="Failed to update bucket transfer acceleration")
+        try:
+            if not accelerate_enabled and accelerate_status:
+                delete_bucket_accelerate_configuration(s3_client, name)
+                accelerate_enabled_changed = True
+                accelerate_enabled_result = False
+            if accelerate_enabled and not accelerate_status:
+                put_bucket_accelerate_configuration(s3_client, name)
+                accelerate_enabled_changed = True
+                accelerate_enabled_result = True
+        except (botocore.exceptions.BotoCoreError, botocore.exceptions.ClientError) as e:
+            module.fail_json_aws(e, msg="Failed to update bucket transfer acceleration")
     return accelerate_enabled_changed, accelerate_enabled_result
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/accelerate.yml b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/accelerate.yml
index bfc783fd6ae..f4def35f60c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/accelerate.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/accelerate.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@
           - output.changed
           - output.accelerate_enabled
 
+    - name: Assert transfer acceleration enabled
+      amazon.aws.s3_bucket_info:
+        name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}"
+        bucket_facts:
+          bucket_accelerate_configuration: true
+      register: output
+
+    - ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - item.bucket_accelerate_configuration["Status"] == "Enabled"
+      loop: "{{ output.buckets }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.name }}"
+
     - name: Re-Enable transfer acceleration (idempotency)
       amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
         name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}"
@@ -59,6 +73,20 @@
           - not output.changed
           - output.accelerate_enabled
 
+    - name: Assert transfer acceleration enabled
+      amazon.aws.s3_bucket_info:
+        name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}"
+        bucket_facts:
+          bucket_accelerate_configuration: true
+      register: output
+
+    - ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - item.bucket_accelerate_configuration["Status"] == "Enabled"
+      loop: "{{ output.buckets }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.name }}"
+
     - name: Delete test s3 bucket
       amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
         name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}"
@@ -83,6 +111,20 @@
           - output.changed
           - output.accelerate_enabled
 
+    - name: Assert transfer acceleration enabled
+      amazon.aws.s3_bucket_info:
+        name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}"
+        bucket_facts:
+          bucket_accelerate_configuration: true
+      register: output
+
+    - ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - item.bucket_accelerate_configuration["Status"] == "Enabled"
+      loop: "{{ output.buckets }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.name }}"
+
     - name: Disable transfer accelerate
       amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
         name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}-2"
@@ -96,6 +138,20 @@
           - output.changed
           - not output.accelerate_enabled
 
+    - name: Assert transfer acceleration disabled
+      amazon.aws.s3_bucket_info:
+        name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}"
+        bucket_facts:
+          bucket_accelerate_configuration: true
+      register: output
+
+    - ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - item.bucket_accelerate_configuration["Status"] == "Disabled"
+      loop: "{{ output.buckets }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.name }}"
+
     - name: Re-Enable transfer accelerate (idempotency)
       amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
         name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}-2"
@@ -108,6 +164,20 @@
           - output.changed
           - output.accelerate_enabled
 
+    - name: Assert transfer acceleration enabled
+      amazon.aws.s3_bucket_info:
+        name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}"
+        bucket_facts:
+          bucket_accelerate_configuration: true
+      register: output
+
+    - ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - item.bucket_accelerate_configuration["Status"] == "Enabled"
+      loop: "{{ output.buckets }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.name }}"
+
     - name: Touch bucket with transfer accelerate enabled (idempotency)
       amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
         name: "{{ local_bucket_name }}-2"