diff --git a/examples/installation/dsf_single_account_deployment/variables.tf b/examples/installation/dsf_single_account_deployment/variables.tf
index 925a59cc2..9043213c5 100644
--- a/examples/installation/dsf_single_account_deployment/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/installation/dsf_single_account_deployment/variables.tf
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ variable "tarball_location" {
     s3_region = string
     s3_key    = string
   })
-  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software"
+  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software. s3_key is the full path to the tarball file within the bucket, for example, 'prefix/jsonar-x.y.z.w.u.tar.gz'"
   default     = null
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/installation/sonar_multi_account_deployment/variables.tf b/examples/installation/sonar_multi_account_deployment/variables.tf
index 2f83968e9..7b8422af0 100644
--- a/examples/installation/sonar_multi_account_deployment/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/installation/sonar_multi_account_deployment/variables.tf
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ variable "tarball_location" {
     s3_region = string
     s3_key    = string
   })
-  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software"
+  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software. s3_key is the full path to the tarball file within the bucket, for example, 'prefix/jsonar-x.y.z.w.u.tar.gz'"
   default     = null
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/installation/sonar_single_account_deployment/variables.tf b/examples/installation/sonar_single_account_deployment/variables.tf
index e55650fe0..255f34563 100644
--- a/examples/installation/sonar_single_account_deployment/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/installation/sonar_single_account_deployment/variables.tf
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ variable "tarball_location" {
     s3_region = string
     s3_key    = string
   })
-  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software"
+  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software. s3_key is the full path to the tarball file within the bucket, for example, 'prefix/jsonar-x.y.z.w.u.tar.gz'"
   default     = null
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/poc/sonar_hadr_deployment/variables.tf b/examples/poc/sonar_hadr_deployment/variables.tf
index a131bf978..b65527b0e 100644
--- a/examples/poc/sonar_hadr_deployment/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/poc/sonar_hadr_deployment/variables.tf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ variable "tarball_location" {
     s3_region = string
     s3_key    = string
   })
-  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software"
+  description = "S3 bucket location of the DSF installation software. s3_key is the full path to the tarball file within the bucket, for example, 'prefix/jsonar-x.y.z.w.u.tar.gz'"
   default     = null
 }