diff --git a/.changelog/23195.txt b/.changelog/23195.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..056d5c71ff5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/23195.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+data_source/aws_vpc_ipam_pool: error if no pool found 
+```
diff --git a/internal/service/ec2/vpc_ipam_pool_data_source.go b/internal/service/ec2/vpc_ipam_pool_data_source.go
index 1b9c226c2a5c..cf978aa54c2b 100644
--- a/internal/service/ec2/vpc_ipam_pool_data_source.go
+++ b/internal/service/ec2/vpc_ipam_pool_data_source.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/conns"
 	tftags "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/tags"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/tfresource"
 )
 
 func DataSourceVPCIpamPool() *schema.Resource {
@@ -115,8 +116,8 @@ func dataSourceVPCIpamPoolRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if output == nil || len(output.IpamPools) == 0 || output.IpamPools[0] == nil {
-		return nil
+	if len(output.IpamPools) == 0 || output.IpamPools[0] == nil {
+		return tfresource.SingularDataSourceFindError("EC2 VPC IPAM POOL", tfresource.NewEmptyResultError(input))
 	}
 
 	if len(output.IpamPools) > 1 {
diff --git a/website/docs/d/vpc_ipam_pool.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/vpc_ipam_pool.html.markdown
index 173c6af5af2b..b8c6bc252b73 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/vpc_ipam_pool.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/vpc_ipam_pool.html.markdown
@@ -21,7 +21,17 @@ via RAM, and using that pool id to create a VPC with a CIDR derived from
 AWS IPAM.
 
 ```terraform
-data "aws_vpc_ipam_pool" "test" {}
+data "aws_vpc_ipam_pool" "test" {
+  filter {
+    name   = "description"
+    values = ["*test*"]
+  }
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "address-family"
+    values = ["ipv4"]
+  }
+}
 
 resource "aws_vpc" "test" {
   ipv4_ipam_pool_id   = data.aws_vpc_ipam_pool.test.id