diff --git a/docs/roles/aws/aws_acl.md b/docs/roles/aws/aws_acl.md
index 80e642420..71080d902 100644
--- a/docs/roles/aws/aws_acl.md
+++ b/docs/roles/aws/aws_acl.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ aws_acl:
     scope: CLOUDFRONT # Can be REGIONAL for ALBs
     region: "us-east-1"
     tags: "{{ _aws_tags }}"
-    recreate: true # set to false to avoid creating the ACL
+    recreate: false
     rules:
       rate_limit:
         value: 600 # set to 0 to skip rate limit rule, set to a value to set how many requests to allow in period before blocking
diff --git a/roles/aws/aws_acl/README.md b/roles/aws/aws_acl/README.md
index 80e642420..71080d902 100644
--- a/roles/aws/aws_acl/README.md
+++ b/roles/aws/aws_acl/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ aws_acl:
     scope: CLOUDFRONT # Can be REGIONAL for ALBs
     region: "us-east-1"
     tags: "{{ _aws_tags }}"
-    recreate: true # set to false to avoid creating the ACL
+    recreate: false
     rules:
       rate_limit:
         value: 600 # set to 0 to skip rate limit rule, set to a value to set how many requests to allow in period before blocking
diff --git a/roles/aws/aws_acl/defaults/main.yml b/roles/aws/aws_acl/defaults/main.yml
index 0aaddb520..166e36699 100644
--- a/roles/aws/aws_acl/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aws/aws_acl/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ aws_acl:
     scope: CLOUDFRONT # Can be REGIONAL for ALBs
     region: "us-east-1"
     tags: "{{ _aws_tags }}"
-    recreate: true # set to false to avoid creating the ACL
+    recreate: false
     rules:
       rate_limit:
         value: 600 # set to 0 to skip rate limit rule, set to a value to set how many requests to allow in period before blocking