diff --git a/cmk/gui/quick_setup/config_setups/aws/stages.py b/cmk/gui/quick_setup/config_setups/aws/stages.py
index 326b5357922..3b893d17826 100644
--- a/cmk/gui/quick_setup/config_setups/aws/stages.py
+++ b/cmk/gui/quick_setup/config_setups/aws/stages.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # conditions defined in the file COPYING, which is part of this source code package.
 
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+from typing import Callable
 
 from cmk.ccc.i18n import _
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
     Text,
     Widget,
 )
-from cmk.gui.utils.urls import makeuri_contextless
+from cmk.gui.utils.urls import doc_reference_url, DocReference, makeuri_contextless
 
 from cmk.rulesets.v1 import Title
 from cmk.rulesets.v1.form_specs import Dictionary
@@ -209,6 +210,34 @@ def configure_services_to_monitor() -> QuickSetupStage:
     )
 
 
+class _EC2RecapMessage:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _cre_message() -> str:
+        return _(
+            "Hosts for EC2 instances need to be created manually, please check the %s."
+        ) % HTMLWriter.render_a(
+            _("documentation"),
+            href=doc_reference_url(DocReference.AWS_EC2),
+        )
+
+    message: Callable[[], str] = _cre_message
+
+
+ec2_recap_message = _EC2RecapMessage()
+
+
+def _save_and_activate_recap(title: str, parsed_data: ParsedFormData) -> Sequence[Widget]:
+    message = _("Save your progress and go to the Activate Changes page to enable it.")
+    if "ec2" in parsed_data.get(FormSpecId("configure_services_to_monitor"), {}).get(
+        "services", []
+    ):
+        message += " " + ec2_recap_message.message()
+    return [
+        Text(text=title),
+        Text(text=message),
+    ]
+
+
 def recap_found_services(
     _quick_setup_id: QuickSetupId,
     _stage_index: StageIndex,
@@ -226,14 +255,7 @@ def recap_found_services(
         service_discovery_result=service_discovery_result,
     )
     if len(filtered_groups_of_services[aws_service_interest]):
-        return [
-            Text(text=_("AWS services found!")),
-            Text(
-                text=_(
-                    "Save your progress and go to the Activate Changes page to enable it. EC2 instances may take a few minutes to show up."
-                )
-            ),
-        ]
+        return _save_and_activate_recap(_("AWS services found!"), parsed_data)
     return [
         Text(text=_("No AWS services found.")),
         Text(
@@ -264,14 +286,9 @@ def review_and_run_preview_service_discovery() -> QuickSetupStage:
                 id=ActionId("skip_configuration_test"),
                 custom_validators=[],
                 recap=[
-                    lambda __, ___, ____: [
-                        Text(text=_("Skipped the configuration test.")),
-                        Text(
-                            text=_(
-                                "Save your progress and go to the Activate Changes page to enable it."
-                            )
-                        ),
-                    ]
+                    lambda __, ___, parsed_data: _save_and_activate_recap(
+                        _("Skipped the configuration test."), parsed_data
+                    )
                 ],
                 next_button_label=_("Skip test"),
             ),
diff --git a/cmk/gui/utils/urls.py b/cmk/gui/utils/urls.py
index 74d459e587b..41746613e6f 100644
--- a/cmk/gui/utils/urls.py
+++ b/cmk/gui/utils/urls.py
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ class DocReference(Enum):
     ANALYZE_CONFIG = "analyze_configuration"
     ANALYZE_NOTIFICATIONS = "notifications#_rule_evaluation_by_the_notification_module"
     AWS = "monitoring_aws"
+    AWS_EC2 = "monitoring_aws#_manually_creating_hosts_for_ec2_instances"
     AZURE = "monitoring_azure"
     BACKUPS = "backup"
     BI = "bi"  # Business Intelligence
diff --git a/packages/cmk-frontend-vue/src/quick-setup/components/quick-setup/widgets/TextWidget.vue b/packages/cmk-frontend-vue/src/quick-setup/components/quick-setup/widgets/TextWidget.vue
index 24f5a8ed10a..02376c88caf 100644
--- a/packages/cmk-frontend-vue/src/quick-setup/components/quick-setup/widgets/TextWidget.vue
+++ b/packages/cmk-frontend-vue/src/quick-setup/components/quick-setup/widgets/TextWidget.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This file is part of Checkmk (https://checkmk.com). It is subject to the terms a
 conditions defined in the file COPYING, which is part of this source code package.
 -->
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import CmkHtml from '@/components/CmkHtml.vue'
 import ToolTip from '@/quick-setup/components/ToolTip.vue'
 
 import { type TextWidgetProps } from './widget_types'
@@ -12,16 +13,20 @@ defineProps<TextWidgetProps>()
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <span class="qs-text-widget"
-    >{{ text }}
-    <ToolTip v-if="tooltip"
-      ><p>{{ tooltip }}</p></ToolTip
-    ></span
-  >
+  <span class="qs-text-widget">
+    <CmkHtml :html="text" />
+    <ToolTip v-if="tooltip">
+      <p>{{ tooltip }}</p>
+    </ToolTip>
+  </span>
 </template>
 
 <style scoped>
 .qs-text-widget {
   margin-bottom: var(--spacing);
+
+  ::v-deep(a) {
+    pointer-events: all;
+  }
 }
 </style>