diff --git a/salt/modules/boto_vpc.py b/salt/modules/boto_vpc.py
index 35039d755b..5d24b2a6d9 100644
--- a/salt/modules/boto_vpc.py
+++ b/salt/modules/boto_vpc.py
@@ -1227,18 +1227,16 @@ def describe(vpc_id=None, region=None, key=None, keyid=None, profile=None):
                 state=None,
                 tags=None,
                 dhcp_options_id=None,
-                instance_tenancy=None
-                )
+                instance_tenancy=None)
 
     if not conn:
         return False
 
     if not vpc_id:
-        raise SaltInvocationError(
-               'VPC ID needs to be specified.')
+        raise SaltInvocationError('VPC ID needs to be specified.')
 
     try:
-        filter_parameters = {'filters': {'vpc-id': vpc_id}}
+        filter_parameters = {'vpc_ids': vpc_id}
 
         vpcs = conn.get_all_vpcs(**filter_parameters)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py b/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py
index 672b009fd5..33f34495ec 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py
@@ -322,6 +322,57 @@ class BotoVpcTestCase(BotoVpcTestCaseBase):
 
         self.assertFalse(vpc_deletion_result)
 
+    @mock_ec2
+    def test_that_when_describing_vpc_by_id_it_returns_the_dict_of_properties_returns_true(self):
+        '''
+        Tests describing parameters via vpc id if vpc exist
+        '''
+        vpc = self._create_vpc(name='test', tags={'test': 'testvalue'})
+
+        describe_vpc = boto_vpc.describe(vpc_id=vpc.id, **conn_parameters)
+
+        vpc_properties = dict(cidr_block=unicode(cidr_block),
+                              is_default=None,
+                              state=u'available',
+                              tags={'Name':'test', 'test': 'testvalue'},
+                              dhcp_options_id=u'dopt-7a8b9c2d',
+                              instance_tenancy=u'default')
+
+        self.assertEqual(describe_vpc, vpc_properties)
+
+    @mock_ec2
+    def test_that_when_describing_vpc_by_id_it_returns_the_dict_of_properties_returns_false(self):
+        '''
+        Tests describing parameters via vpc id if vpc does not exist
+        '''
+        vpc = self._create_vpc(name='test', tags={'test': 'testvalue'})
+
+        describe_vpc = boto_vpc.describe(vpc_id='vpc-fake', **conn_parameters)
+
+        self.assertFalse(describe_vpc)
+
+    @mock_ec2
+    def test_that_when_describing_vpc_by_id_on_connection_error_it_returns_returns_false(self):
+        '''
+        Tests describing parameters failure
+        '''
+        vpc = self._create_vpc(name='test', tags={'test': 'testvalue'})
+
+        with patch('moto.ec2.models.VPCBackend.get_all_vpcs',
+                   side_effect=BotoServerError(400, 'Mocked error')):
+            describe_vpc = boto_vpc.describe(vpc_id=vpc.id, **conn_parameters)
+
+        self.assertFalse(describe_vpc)
+
+    @mock_ec2
+    def test_that_when_describing_vpc_but_providing_no_vpc_id_the_describe_method_raises_a_salt_invocation_error(self):
+        '''
+        Tests describing vpc  without vpc id
+        '''
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(SaltInvocationError,
+                                     'VPC ID needs to be specified.'):
+            boto_vpc.describe(vpc_id=None, **conn_parameters)
+
 
 @skipIf(NO_MOCK, NO_MOCK_REASON)
 @skipIf(HAS_BOTO is False, 'The boto module must be installed.')