diff --git a/doc/live_events.md b/doc/live_events.md
index 1e60c1d8211..75b48b59f04 100644
--- a/doc/live_events.md
+++ b/doc/live_events.md
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ cli installed, and run the following command to create a stream (with
 canvas running):
 
 ```bash
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=key AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret aws --endpoint-url http://kinesis.docker/ kinesis create-stream --stream-name=mystream --shard-count=1
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=key AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret aws --endpoint-url http://kinesis.docker/ kinesis create-stream --stream-name=mystream --shard-count=1 --region=us-east-1
 ```
 
-Once the stream is created, configure your Canvas (at /plugins) to use
+Once the stream is created, configure your Canvas (by visiting /plugins on your Canvas install) to use
 it:
 
 | Setting Name          | Value               |
 | --------------------- | ------------------- |
 | Kinesis Stream Name   | mystream            |
-| AWS Region            | (leave blank)       |
+| AWS Region            | us-east-1           |
 | AWS Endpoint          | http://kinesis:4567 |
 | AWS Access Key ID     | key                 |
 | AWS Secret Access Key | secret              |
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ Restart Canvas, and events should start flowing to your kinesis stream.
 You can view the stream with the `tail_kinesis` tool:
 
 ```bash
-fig run --rm web script/tail_kinesis kinesis 4567 mystream
+docker-compose run --rm web script/tail_kinesis kinesis 4567 mystream
 ```