diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1283-aws_ec2_inventory_compose_doc_examples.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1283-aws_ec2_inventory_compose_doc_examples.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+trivial:
+- Add documentation for using string with compose feature in ec2 dynamic inventory.
diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/aws_ec2_guide.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/aws_ec2_guide.rst
index 6ec5cf1ea42..faa8561a927 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/aws_ec2_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/aws_ec2_guide.rst
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ Some examples are shown below:
     # This sets the ec2_security_group_ids variable.
     ec2_security_group_ids: security_groups | map(attribute='group_id') | list |  join(',')
 
+    # Host variables that are strings need to be wrapped with two sets of quotes.
+    # See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/inventory.html#using-inventory-plugins for details.
+    ansible_connection: '"community.aws.aws_ssm"'
+    ansible_user: '"ssm-user"'
+
 
 ``include_filters`` and ``exclude_filters``
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