diff --git a/doc-src/guide/node-configuring.md b/doc-src/guide/node-configuring.md
index 1e64e7ae83..03474becfe 100644
--- a/doc-src/guide/node-configuring.md
+++ b/doc-src/guide/node-configuring.md
@@ -238,15 +238,23 @@ AWS.config.apiVersion = '2012-05-04';
 ### Configuring a Proxy
 
 If you cannot connect to the internet directly, the SDK supports the use of
-HTTP or HTTPS proxies through global or per-service configuration options. To
-set a proxy, pass the `proxy` option to the `httpOptions` setting of your
-config object. This is how you could set a global proxy:
+HTTP or HTTPS proxies through the use of a third party HTTP agent such as
+[proxy-agent](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-proxy-agent). You can visit
+[npmjs.org](http://npmjs.org) for a list of other proxy libraries.
+
+##### Installation
+
+```javascript
+npm install proxy-agent --save
+```
+
+##### In your code
 
 ```javascript
+var proxy = require('proxy-agent');
+
 AWS.config.update({
-  httpOptions: {
-    proxy: 'http://localhost:8080'
-  }
+  httpOptions: { agent: proxy('http://internal.proxy.com') }
 });
 
 var s3 = new AWS.S3();