diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1184-tagging.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1184-tagging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4225df02c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1184-tagging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+- ecs_tag - ``resource_tags`` has been added as an alias for the ``tags`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1184).
+- efs_tag - ``resource_tags`` has been added as an alias for the ``tags`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1184).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ecs_tag.py b/plugins/modules/ecs_tag.py
index 32915d6e0c5..87c000cd342 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ecs_tag.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ecs_tag.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
       - A dictionary of tags to add or remove from the resource.
       - If the value provided for a tag is null and I(state=absent), the tag will be removed regardless of its current value.
     type: dict
+    aliases: ['resource_tags']
   purge_tags:
     description:
       - Whether unspecified tags should be removed from the resource.
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ def main():
     argument_spec = dict(
         cluster_name=dict(required=True),
         resource=dict(required=False),
-        tags=dict(type='dict'),
+        tags=dict(type='dict', aliases=['resource_tags']),
         purge_tags=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
         resource_type=dict(default='cluster', choices=['cluster', 'task', 'service', 'task_definition', 'container'])
diff --git a/plugins/modules/efs_tag.py b/plugins/modules/efs_tag.py
index f44b28833dd..209c2a276d6 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/efs_tag.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/efs_tag.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       - If the value provided for a tag is null and I(state=absent), the tag will be removed regardless of its current value.
     type: dict
     required: True
+    aliases: ['resource_tags']
   purge_tags:
     description:
       - Whether unspecified tags should be removed from the resource.
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ def main():
     '''
     argument_spec = dict(
         resource=dict(required=True),
-        tags=dict(type='dict', required=True),
+        tags=dict(type='dict', required=True, aliases=['resource_tags']),
         purge_tags=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'])
     )