diff --git a/config/ecs/config.go b/config/ecs/config.go
index ba3ac6f73..409eae382 100644
--- a/config/ecs/config.go
+++ b/config/ecs/config.go
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ func Configure(p *config.Provider) {
 		r.Version = common.VersionV1Alpha2
 		r.ExternalName = config.NameAsIdentifier
 		r.ExternalName.GetExternalNameFn = func(tfstate map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
-			// cluster-name/service-name
+			// expected id format: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-2:123456789123:service/hasan-test/sample-service-by-hasan
 			w := strings.Split(tfstate["id"].(string), "/")
-			if len(w) != 2 {
-				return "", errors.New("external name should have the following format: cluster-name/service-name")
+			if len(w) != 3 {
+				return "", errors.New("terraform ID should be the ARN of the cluster")
 			}
 			return w[len(w)-1], nil
 		}
diff --git a/examples/ecs/service.yaml b/examples/ecs/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bdeda5a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ecs/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: ecs.aws.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha2
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: sample-service
+spec:
+  forProvider:
+    taskDefinition: sample-task:1
+    cluster: sample-cluster
+    region: us-east-2
+    propagateTags: TASK_DEFINITION