diff --git a/doc/user/content/sql/create-connection.md b/doc/user/content/sql/create-connection.md
index 66804b3b2ca13..c89cec4208208 100644
--- a/doc/user/content/sql/create-connection.md
+++ b/doc/user/content/sql/create-connection.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ perform [authentication with an Amazon RDS MySQL database](#mysql-aws-connection
 | <div style="min-width:240px">Field</div>  | Value            | Description
 |-------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------
 | `ENDPOINT`                                | `text`           | *Advanced.* Override the default AWS endpoint URL. Allows targeting S3-compatible services like MinIO.
-| `REGION`                                  | `text`           | The AWS region to connect to.
+| `REGION`                                  | `text`           | The AWS region to connect to. Defaults to the current Materialize region.
 | `ACCESS KEY ID`                           | secret or `text` | The access key ID to connect with. Triggers credentials-based authentication.<br><br><strong>Warning!</strong> Use of credentials-based authentication is deprecated. AWS strongly encourages the use of role assumption-based authentication instead.
 | `SECRET ACCESS KEY`                       | secret           | The secret access key corresponding to the specified access key ID.<br><br>Required and only valid when `ACCESS KEY ID` is specified.
 | `SESSION TOKEN`                           | secret or `text` | The session token corresponding to the specified access key ID.<br><br>Only valid when `ACCESS KEY ID` is specified.
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ To create an AWS connection that will assume the `WarehouseExport` role:
 
 ```mzsql
 CREATE CONNECTION aws_role_assumption TO AWS (
-    ASSUME ROLE ARN = 'arn:aws:iam::000000000000:role/WarehouseExport'
+    ASSUME ROLE ARN = 'arn:aws:iam::000000000000:role/WarehouseExport',
+    REGION = 'us-east-1'
 );
 ```
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@@ -315,7 +316,8 @@ CREATE CONNECTION kafka_connection TO KAFKA (
 
 ```mzsql
 CREATE CONNECTION aws_msk TO AWS (
-    ASSUME ROLE ARN = 'arn:aws:iam::000000000000:role/MaterializeMSK'
+    ASSUME ROLE ARN = 'arn:aws:iam::000000000000:role/MaterializeMSK',
+    REGION = 'us-east-1'
 );
 
 CREATE CONNECTION kafka_msk TO KAFKA (
@@ -734,7 +736,8 @@ an SSH bastion server to accept connections from Materialize, check [this guide]
 
 ```mzsql
 CREATE CONNECTION aws_rds_mysql TO AWS (
-    ASSUME ROLE ARN = 'arn:aws:iam::000000000000:role/MaterializeRDS'
+    ASSUME ROLE ARN = 'arn:aws:iam::000000000000:role/MaterializeRDS',
+    REGION = 'us-west-1'
 );
 
 CREATE CONNECTION mysql_connection TO MYSQL (