diff --git a/README b/README
index d35d7d60d6..9309b64345 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ public_ip: $ip_you_selected
 root_auth_users:  skvidal bkabrda 
 description: some description so someone else can know what this is
 
-
+The available images can be found by running::
+   sudo -i euca-describe-images | grep emi
 
 4. setup a host playbook ansible/playbooks/hosts/$YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE.yml
    Note: the name of this file doesn't really matter but it should normally