diff --git a/internal/pkg/aws/sessions/errors.go b/internal/pkg/aws/sessions/errors.go
index 132d2ace7a5..b1f82056755 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/aws/sessions/errors.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/aws/sessions/errors.go
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ func (e *errCredRetrieval) Error() string {
 // RecommendActions returns recommended actions to be taken after the error.
 // Implements main.actionRecommender interface.
 func (e *errCredRetrieval) RecommendActions() string {
-	notice := "It looks like AWS credentials are misconfigured or missing"
+	notice := "It looks like your AWS credentials are misconfigured or missing"
 	if e.profile != "" {
-		notice = fmt.Sprintf("It looks like AWS profile [%s] is misconfigured or missing", e.profile)
+		notice = fmt.Sprintf("It looks like your AWS profile [%s] is misconfigured or missing", e.profile)
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`%s:
 More information: https://aws.github.io/copilot-cli/docs/credentials/`, notice)
diff --git a/site/content/docs/credentials.en.md b/site/content/docs/credentials.en.md
index 5978b2789c9..ca1bf001833 100644
--- a/site/content/docs/credentials.en.md
+++ b/site/content/docs/credentials.en.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-This section explains our recommendations around credentials to provide the best experience with the AWS Copilot CLI.
+AWS Copilot uses AWS credentials to access the AWS API, store and look up an [application's metadata](concepts/applications.en.md), and deploy and operate an application's workloads.
+
+You can learn more on how to configure AWS credentials in the [AWS CLI's documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-quickstart.html).
 
 ## Application credentials
 Copilot uses the AWS credentials from the [default credential provider chain](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v1/developer-guide/configuring-sdk.html#specifying-credentials) to store and look up your [application's metadata](concepts/applications.en.md): which services and environments belong to it.