diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go
index 3f15ac409d0e..ac2e1b1b3d47 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func resourceAwsCodeCommitRepositoryCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 	//	This is a temporary thing - we need to ensure that CodeCommit is only being run against us-east-1
 	//	As this is the only place that AWS currently supports it
 	if region != "us-east-1" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("CodeCommit can only be used with US-East-1")
+		return fmt.Errorf("CodeCommit can only be used with us-east-1. You are trying to use it on %s", region)
 	}
 
 	input := &codecommit.CreateRepositoryInput{
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84a161f5d95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+layout: "aws"
+page_title: "AWS: aws_codecommit_repository"
+sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-codecommit-repository"
+description: |-
+  Provides a CodeCommit Repository Resource.
+---
+
+# aws\_codecommit\_repository
+
+Provides a CodeCommit Repository Resource.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```
+resource "aws_codecommit_repository" "test" {
+  repository_name = "MyTestRepository"
+  description = "This is the Sample App Repository"
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+The following arguments are supported:
+
+* `repository_name` - (Required) The name for the repository. This needs to be less than 100 characters.
+* `description` - (Optional) The description of the repository. This needs to be less than 1000 characters
+* `default_branch` - (Optional) The default branch of the repository. The branch specified here needs to exist.
+
+## Attributes Reference
+
+The following attributes are exported:
+
+* `repository_id` - The ID of the repository
+* `arn` - The ARN of the repository
+* `clone_url_http` - The URL to use for cloning the repository over HTTPS.
+* `clone_url_ssh` - The URL to use for cloning the repository over SSH.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/website/source/layouts/aws.erb b/website/source/layouts/aws.erb
index a12f559728ce..e9f773c29964 100644
--- a/website/source/layouts/aws.erb
+++ b/website/source/layouts/aws.erb
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
                     </ul>
                 </li>
 
+                <li<%= sidebar_current(/^docs-aws-resource-codecommit/) %>>
+                    <a href="#">CodeCommit Resources</a>
+                    <ul class="nav nav-visible">
+
+                        <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-aws-resource-codecommit-repository") %>>
+                            <a href="/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html">aws_codecommit_repository</a>
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </li>
+
                 <li<%= sidebar_current(/^docs-aws-resource-codedeploy/) %>>
                     <a href="#">CodeDeploy Resources</a>
                     <ul class="nav nav-visible">
@@ -69,6 +79,7 @@
                     </ul>
                 </li>
 
+
                 <li<%= sidebar_current(/^docs-aws-resource-dynamodb/) %>>
                     <a href="#">DynamoDB Resources</a>
                     <ul class="nav nav-visible">