diff --git a/awscli/examples/s3api/list-objects.rst b/awscli/examples/s3api/list-objects.rst
index 54c05cc3e051..063cddc3cac4 100644
--- a/awscli/examples/s3api/list-objects.rst
+++ b/awscli/examples/s3api/list-objects.rst
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ List the Objects in a Bucket
 
 The following example uses the ``list-objects`` command to display the names of all the objects in the specified bucket::
 
-  aws s3api list-objects --bucket text-content | jq ".Contents[] | {Key, Size }
+  aws s3api list-objects --bucket text-content --query 'Contents[].{Key: Key, Size: Size}'
 
-The example uses jq_ to filter the output of ``list-objects`` down to the key value and size for each object
+The example uses the ``--query`` argument to filter the output of
+``list-objects`` down to the key value and size for each object
 
 For more information about objects, see `Working with Amazon S3 Objects`_ in the *Amazon S3 Developer Guide*.
 
-.. _jq: http://stedolan.github.io/jq/
 .. _`Working with Amazon S3 Objects`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/UsingObjects.html