diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/_index.md
index 91a1343c46d..26d8d3c4576 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/_index.md
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Add one or more node pools to your cluster. For more information about node pool
 
 ### 1. Create your cloud credentials
 
+If you already have a set of cloud credentials to use, skip this section.
+
 1. Click **☰ > Cluster Management**.
 1. Click **Cloud Credentials**.
 1. Click **Create**.
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ Add one or more node pools to your cluster. For more information about node pool
 1. On the **Clusters** page, click **Create**.
 1. Toggle the switch to **RKE2/K3s**.
 1. Click **Amazon EC2**.
+1. Select a **Cloud Credential**, if more than one exists. Otherwise, it's preselected.
 1. Enter a **Cluster Name**.
 1. Create a machine pool for each Kubernetes role. Refer to the [best practices]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools#node-roles-in-rke2) for recommendations on role assignments and counts.
     1. For each machine pool, define the machine configuration. Refer to [the EC2 machine configuration reference]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/ec2-machine-config/) for information on configuration options.
@@ -98,35 +101,6 @@ Add one or more node pools to your cluster. For more information about node pool
 1. Use **Member Roles** to configure user authorization for the cluster. Click **Add Member** to add users that can access the cluster. Use the **Role** drop-down to set permissions for each user.
 1. Click **Create**.
 
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{% tab "RKE2 - Cluster Template" %}}
-
-### 1. Create your cloud credentials
-
-1. Click **☰ > Cluster Management**.
-1. Click **Cloud Credentials**.
-1. Click **Create**.
-1. Click **Amazon**.
-1. Enter a name for the cloud credential.
-1. In the **Default Region** field, select the AWS region where your cluster nodes will be located.
-1. Enter your AWS EC2 **Access Key** and **Secret Key**.
-1. Click **Create**.
-
-### 2. Add your cluster template
-
-1. Follow these [instructions]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.6/en/admin-settings/cluster-templates/#adding-a-cluster-template-to-rancher) to add a cluster template to Rancher.
-
-### 3. Create your cluster using a cluster template
-
-1. Click **☰ > Cluster Management**.
-1. Under the **Use a Catalog Template to create a cluster** section, click **catalog-template**.
-1. Enter a name for the cluster.
-1. Select cloud credentials to use.
-1. Select the **Infrastructure Provider**. If you are using Rancher's [example cluster templates](https://github.com/rancher/cluster-template-examples), select `amazonec2`.
-1. Choose a **Kubernetes Version**.
-1. Configure your nodepools. For help with configurations, refer to the [EC2 Node Template Configuration](./ec2-node-template-config).
-1. Click **Install**.
-
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 {{% /tabs %}}
 
diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/ec2-machine-config/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/ec2-machine-config/_index.md
index 729406449b5..e7d21027f48 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/ec2-machine-config/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/ec2-machine-config/_index.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: EC2 Machine Configuration Reference
 weight: 2
 ---
 
-For more details about EC2, nodes, refer to the official documentation for the [EC2 Management Console](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2).
+For more details about EC2 nodes, refer to the official documentation for the [EC2 Management Console](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2).
 
 ### Region
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The name of the [instance profile] used to pass an IAM role to an EC2 instance.
 
 ### AMI ID
 
-The [Amazon Machine Image](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html) used to provision your cluster.
+The [Amazon Machine Image](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html) used for the nodes in your cluster.
 
 ### SSH Username for AMI
 
@@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ Use [Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/A
 ### Add Tag
 
 Add metadata using [tags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Tags.html) to categorize resources.
+