diff --git a/.changeset/weak-schools-hug.md b/.changeset/weak-schools-hug.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89ce802beb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/weak-schools-hug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"app-builder-lib": patch
+"builder-util-runtime": patch
+---
+
+Add information how to use electron-publish s3 with credentials stored in ~/.aws/config file.
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
index 2a05e9f5cea..1eb6eabd10f 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
@@ -5340,7 +5340,7 @@
     },
     "S3Options": {
       "additionalProperties": false,
-      "description": "[Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) options.\nAWS credentials are required, please see [getting your credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/getting-your-credentials.html).\nDefine `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` [environment variables](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-environment.html).\nOr in the [~/.aws/credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-shared.html).\n\nExample configuration:\n\n```json\n{\n\"build\":\n \"publish\": {\n   \"provider\": \"s3\",\n   \"bucket\": \"bucket-name\"\n }\n}\n}\n```",
+      "description": "[Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) options.\nAWS credentials are required, please see [getting your credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/getting-your-credentials.html).\nTo set credentials define `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` [environment variables](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-environment.html) directly,\nor use [~/.aws/credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-shared.html) file,\nor use [~/.aws/config](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/file-format.html) file. For the last method to work you will also need to define `AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG=1` environment variable.\n\nExample configuration:\n\n```json\n{\n\"build\":\n \"publish\": {\n   \"provider\": \"s3\",\n   \"bucket\": \"bucket-name\"\n }\n}\n}\n```",
       "properties": {
         "accelerate": {
           "description": "If set to true, this will enable the s3 accelerated endpoint\nThese endpoints have a particular format of:\n ${bucketname}.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com",
diff --git a/packages/builder-util-runtime/src/publishOptions.ts b/packages/builder-util-runtime/src/publishOptions.ts
index 4dc2e118a87..ab3c08ae8ef 100644
--- a/packages/builder-util-runtime/src/publishOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/builder-util-runtime/src/publishOptions.ts
@@ -299,8 +299,9 @@ export interface BaseS3Options extends PublishConfiguration {
 /**
  * [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) options.
  * AWS credentials are required, please see [getting your credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/getting-your-credentials.html).
- * Define `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` [environment variables](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-environment.html).
- * Or in the [~/.aws/credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-shared.html).
+ * To set credentials define `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` [environment variables](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-environment.html) directly,
+ * or use [~/.aws/credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-shared.html) file,
+ * or use [~/.aws/config](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/file-format.html) file. For the last method to work you will also need to define `AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG=1` environment variable.
  *
  * Example configuration:
  *