diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 72ee06b..a8f4b9b 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "repo_name": "{{ cookiecutter.project_name|replace(' ', '_') }}",
     "author_name": "Your name (or your organization/company/team)",
     "description": "A short description of the project.",
-    "s3_bucket": "your-bucket-for-syncing-data (do not include 's3://')",
     "year": "2016",
-    "open_source_license": ["MIT", "BSD", "Not open source"]
+    "open_source_license": ["MIT", "BSD", "Not open source"],
+    "s3_bucket": "[OPTIONAL] your-bucket-for-syncing-data (do not include 's3://')",
 }