diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/docs/commands.rst b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/docs/commands.rst
index b1a5b99..56e9e4a 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/docs/commands.rst	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/docs/commands.rst	
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ The Makefile contains the central entry points for common tasks related to this
 Syncing data to S3
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-* `make sync_data_to_s3` will use `s3cmd` to recursively sync files in `data/` up to `s3://{{ cookiecutter.s3_bucket }}/data/`.
-* `make sync_data_from_s3` will use `s3cmd` to recursively sync files from `s3://{{ cookiecutter.s3_bucket }}/data/` to `data/`.
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+* `make sync_data_to_s3` will use `aws s3 sync` to recursively sync files in `data/` up to `s3://{{ cookiecutter.s3_bucket }}/data/`.
+* `make sync_data_from_s3` will use `aws s3 sync` to recursively sync files from `s3://{{ cookiecutter.s3_bucket }}/data/` to `data/`.