diff --git a/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/README.md b/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/README.md
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+# secretsmanager-secret module
+This module creates an entry in secretsmanager, attaching a default access policy if one is
+not provided from root module. A random suffix is assigned to every secret, as AWS may delay
+creation of secrets with the same name, after the old one has been destroyed that is.
+
+To tag resources, please use provider default_tags.
+
+## Example
+```hcl
+module secret_item {
+  source = "../../modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret"
+
+  secret_description = "test-secret-desc"
+  secret_value       = "test-secret-value"
+}
+```
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diff --git a/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/provider.tf b/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/provider.tf
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--- a/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/provider.tf
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-provider "aws" {
-  region = var.aws-region
-}
-
 terraform {
   required_version = ">= 1.3.0"
   required_providers {
@@ -10,6 +6,4 @@ terraform {
       version = ">= 4.40"
     }
   }
-}
-
-resource time_static current_time {}
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+}
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diff --git a/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/variables.tf b/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/variables.tf
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--- a/modules/security_identity_compliance/secretsmanager-secret/variables.tf
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-variable "aws-region" {}
 variable "secret_description" {}
 variable "secret_value" {}
 variable "secret_policy" {