diff --git a/doc/source/ray-core/_examples/lm/lm-cluster.yaml b/doc/source/ray-core/_examples/lm/lm-cluster.yaml
index 7ea6641f588d..64b62151d9ea 100644
--- a/doc/source/ray-core/_examples/lm/lm-cluster.yaml
+++ b/doc/source/ray-core/_examples/lm/lm-cluster.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
 
 # How Ray will authenticate with newly launched nodes.
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/defaults.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/defaults.yaml
index 6cf85460fa7c..0eaa79f62466 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/defaults.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/defaults.yaml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
     # Whether to allow node reuse. If set to False, nodes will be terminated
     # instead of stopped.
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full-legacy.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full-legacy.yaml
index 0ef61f1514ed..11169d365aeb 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full-legacy.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full-legacy.yaml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
     # Whether to allow node reuse. If set to False, nodes will be terminated
     # instead of stopped.
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full.yaml
index 86f4a7247c98..9801d8f5948c 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-full.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
     # Whether to allow node reuse. If set to False, nodes will be terminated
     # instead of stopped.
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-gpu-docker.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-gpu-docker.yaml
index 1978a7a25a9a..9bc481244a4d 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-gpu-docker.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-gpu-docker.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
 
 # How Ray will authenticate with newly launched nodes.
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-java.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-java.yaml
index 3d27807b220c..44333c0010e4 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-java.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-java.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
 # How Ray will authenticate with newly launched nodes.
 auth:
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-ml.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-ml.yaml
index 972dc0082c93..7669eedbb306 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-ml.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-ml.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
     # Whether to allow node reuse. If set to False, nodes will be terminated
     # instead of stopped.
diff --git a/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_head.yaml b/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_head.yaml
index 4484e3853dbe..5ba67a0625fb 100644
--- a/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_head.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_head.yaml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
     # Whether to allow node reuse. If set to False, nodes will be terminated
     # instead of stopped.
diff --git a/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_workers.yaml b/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_workers.yaml
index 9c02341e78f0..a38bd6f1a0e4 100644
--- a/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_workers.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/tests/test_cli_patterns/test_no_workers.yaml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ provider:
     type: aws
     region: us-west-2
     # Availability zone(s), comma-separated, that nodes may be launched in.
-    # Nodes are currently spread between zones by a round-robin approach,
-    # however this implementation detail should not be relied upon.
+    # Nodes will be launched in the first listed availability zone and will
+    # be tried in the subsequent availability zones if launching fails.
     availability_zone: us-west-2a,us-west-2b
     # Whether to allow node reuse. If set to False, nodes will be terminated
     # instead of stopped.