diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md
index e56f4cadaad2..773eadbf9f6c 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ should be updated to restrict the resources/add conditionals:
         "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
         "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
         "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
+        "autoscaling:DescribeTags",
         "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
         "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions"
       ],