diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/994-s3_url.yml b/changelogs/fragments/994-s3_url.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e248237915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/994-s3_url.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+minor_changes:
+- s3_bucket - the ``s3_url`` parameter was merged into the ``endpoint_url`` parameter, ``s3_url`` remains as an alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/994).
+- s3_bucket - ``rgw`` was added as an alias for the ``ceph`` parameter for consistency with the ``s3_object`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/994).
+- s3_object - the ``s3_url`` parameter was merged into the ``endpoint_url`` parameter, ``s3_url`` remains as an alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/994).
+- s3_object - the ``rgw`` parameter was renamed to ``ceph`` for consistency with the ``s3_bucket`` module, ``rgw`` remains as an alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/994).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
index fddba63eb68..0c636703f17 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@
     operations/API aren't implemented by the endpoint, module doesn't fail
     if each parameter satisfies the following condition.
     I(requester_pays) is C(False), I(policy), I(tags), and I(versioning) are C(None).
+  - In release 5.0.0 the I(s3_url) parameter was merged into the I(endpoint_url) parameter,
+    I(s3_url) remains as an alias for I(endpoint_url).
   - For Walrus I(endpoint_url) should be set to the FQDN of the endpoint with neither scheme nor path.
 '''
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_object.py b/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
index 63232f5c1c3..c8ce0bd0156 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@
   - "Alina Buzachis (@alinabuzachis)"
 notes:
   - Support for I(tags) and I(purge_tags) was added in release 2.0.0.
+  - In release 5.0.0 the I(s3_url) parameter was merged into the I(endpoint_url) parameter,
+    I(s3_url) remains as an alias for I(endpoint_url).
   - For Walrus I(endpoint_url) should be set to the FQDN of the endpoint with neither scheme nor path.
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - amazon.aws.aws