diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90c181c3..d3e7085a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Available targets:
 | <a name="input_store_access_key_in_ssm"></a> [store\_access\_key\_in\_ssm](#input\_store\_access\_key\_in\_ssm) | Set to `true` to store the created IAM user's access key in SSM Parameter Store,<br>`false` to store them in Terraform state as outputs.<br>Since Terraform state would contain the secrets in plaintext,<br>use of SSM Parameter Store is recommended. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_tags"></a> [tags](#input\_tags) | Additional tags (e.g. `{'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}`).<br>Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module. | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_tenant"></a> [tenant](#input\_tenant) | ID element \_(Rarely used, not included by default)\_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for | `string` | `null` | no |
-| <a name="input_transfer_acceleration_enabled"></a> [transfer\_acceleration\_enabled](#input\_transfer\_acceleration\_enabled) | Set this to true to enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for the bucket. | `bool` | `false` | no |
+| <a name="input_transfer_acceleration_enabled"></a> [transfer\_acceleration\_enabled](#input\_transfer\_acceleration\_enabled) | Set this to `true` to enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for the bucket.<br>Note: When this is set to `false` Terraform does not perform drift detection<br>and will not disable Transfer Acceleration if it was enabled outside of Terraform.<br>To disable it via Terraform, you must set this to `true` and then to `false`.<br>Note: not all regions support Transfer Acceleration. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_enabled"></a> [user\_enabled](#input\_user\_enabled) | Set to `true` to create an IAM user with permission to access the bucket | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_permissions_boundary_arn"></a> [user\_permissions\_boundary\_arn](#input\_user\_permissions\_boundary\_arn) | Permission boundary ARN for the IAM user created to access the bucket. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_versioning_enabled"></a> [versioning\_enabled](#input\_versioning\_enabled) | A state of versioning. Versioning is a means of keeping multiple variants of an object in the same bucket | `bool` | `true` | no |
diff --git a/docs/terraform.md b/docs/terraform.md
index eadecb49..56f8f213 100644
--- a/docs/terraform.md
+++ b/docs/terraform.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 | <a name="input_store_access_key_in_ssm"></a> [store\_access\_key\_in\_ssm](#input\_store\_access\_key\_in\_ssm) | Set to `true` to store the created IAM user's access key in SSM Parameter Store,<br>`false` to store them in Terraform state as outputs.<br>Since Terraform state would contain the secrets in plaintext,<br>use of SSM Parameter Store is recommended. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_tags"></a> [tags](#input\_tags) | Additional tags (e.g. `{'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}`).<br>Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module. | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_tenant"></a> [tenant](#input\_tenant) | ID element \_(Rarely used, not included by default)\_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for | `string` | `null` | no |
-| <a name="input_transfer_acceleration_enabled"></a> [transfer\_acceleration\_enabled](#input\_transfer\_acceleration\_enabled) | Set this to true to enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for the bucket. | `bool` | `false` | no |
+| <a name="input_transfer_acceleration_enabled"></a> [transfer\_acceleration\_enabled](#input\_transfer\_acceleration\_enabled) | Set this to `true` to enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for the bucket.<br>Note: When this is set to `false` Terraform does not perform drift detection<br>and will not disable Transfer Acceleration if it was enabled outside of Terraform.<br>To disable it via Terraform, you must set this to `true` and then to `false`.<br>Note: not all regions support Transfer Acceleration. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_enabled"></a> [user\_enabled](#input\_user\_enabled) | Set to `true` to create an IAM user with permission to access the bucket | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_permissions_boundary_arn"></a> [user\_permissions\_boundary\_arn](#input\_user\_permissions\_boundary\_arn) | Permission boundary ARN for the IAM user created to access the bucket. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_versioning_enabled"></a> [versioning\_enabled](#input\_versioning\_enabled) | A state of versioning. Versioning is a means of keeping multiple variants of an object in the same bucket | `bool` | `true` | no |
diff --git a/examples/complete/main.tf b/examples/complete/main.tf
index d140f556..62c3391f 100644
--- a/examples/complete/main.tf
+++ b/examples/complete/main.tf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module "s3_bucket" {
   s3_replication_rules          = local.s3_replication_rules
   privileged_principal_actions  = var.privileged_principal_actions
   privileged_principal_arns     = local.privileged_principal_arns
-  transfer_acceleration_enabled = true
+  transfer_acceleration_enabled = var.transfer_acceleration_enabled
   bucket_key_enabled            = var.bucket_key_enabled
 
   access_key_enabled      = var.access_key_enabled
diff --git a/examples/complete/privileged-principals.us-east-2.tfvars b/examples/complete/privileged-principals.us-east-2.tfvars
index e2421ee0..6a64b9d2 100644
--- a/examples/complete/privileged-principals.us-east-2.tfvars
+++ b/examples/complete/privileged-principals.us-east-2.tfvars
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ privileged_principal_enabled = true
 versioning_enabled = false
 
 user_enabled = false
+
+transfer_acceleration_enabled = false
diff --git a/examples/complete/variables.tf b/examples/complete/variables.tf
index de1ef853..4356735b 100644
--- a/examples/complete/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/complete/variables.tf
@@ -342,3 +342,8 @@ variable "store_access_key_in_ssm" {
     EOT
 }
 
+variable "transfer_acceleration_enabled" {
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+  description = "Set true to enable Transfer Acceleration (many regions not supported)"
+}
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index f766fcbf..f6634930 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -44,11 +44,10 @@ resource "aws_s3_bucket" "default" {
   tags = module.this.tags
 }
 
-# Ensure the resource exists to track drift, even if the feature is disabled
 resource "aws_s3_bucket_accelerate_configuration" "default" {
-  count  = local.enabled ? 1 : 0
+  count  = local.transfer_acceleration_enabled ? 1 : 0
   bucket = join("", aws_s3_bucket.default.*.id)
-  status = local.transfer_acceleration_enabled ? "Enabled" : "Suspended"
+  status = "Enabled"
 }
 
 # Ensure the resource exists to track drift, even if the feature is disabled
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 17e6c476..2092b371 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -376,7 +376,13 @@ variable "privileged_principal_actions" {
 variable "transfer_acceleration_enabled" {
   type        = bool
   default     = false
-  description = "Set this to true to enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for the bucket."
+  description = <<-EOT
+    Set this to `true` to enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for the bucket.
+    Note: When this is set to `false` Terraform does not perform drift detection
+    and will not disable Transfer Acceleration if it was enabled outside of Terraform.
+    To disable it via Terraform, you must set this to `true` and then to `false`.
+    Note: not all regions support Transfer Acceleration.
+    EOT
 }
 
 variable "s3_object_ownership" {