diff --git a/external/warc/README.md b/external/warc/README.md
index d4806f563..c01c22971 100644
--- a/external/warc/README.md
+++ b/external/warc/README.md
@@ -171,14 +171,30 @@ The WARCSpout is configured similar as FileSpout:
   - a pattern matching valid file names
 - every line in the input files specifies one input WARC file as file path or URL.
 
-The non-URL input paths are loaded via HDFS, which can be configured using the key `hdfs` e.g.
+The non-http input paths are loaded via HDFS, which can be configured using the key `hdfs` e.g.
 
-```java
-        Map<String, Object> hdfsConf = new HashMap<>();
-        hdfsConf.put("fs.file.impl", "org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem");
-        conf = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-        conf.put("hdfs", hdfsConf);
 ```
+  hdfs:  
+    fs.s3a.access.key: ${awsAccessKeyId}
+    fs.s3a.secret.key: ${awsSecretAccessKey}
+```
+
+Please note that in order to access WARC files on AWS S3, you will need to add the following dependency to your project
+
+```
+ <dependency>
+   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+   <artifactId>hadoop-aws</artifactId>
+   <version>2.10.1</version>
+ </dependency>
+```
+
+where the version should match the one used by Apache Storm. In doubt, you can check with 
+
+```
+mvn dependency:tree | grep "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs:jar"
+```
+
 
 To use the WARCSpout reading `*.paths` or `*.txt` files from the folder `input/`, you simply start to build your topology as