diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1565-healthCheck-docs.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1565-healthCheck-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f915404fe59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1565-healthCheck-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+  - "ecs_taskdefinition - Add input documentation for the ``healthCheck`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1610)" 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py b/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py
index 246c9373933..0ebffdd54f2 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ecs_taskdefinition.py
@@ -466,6 +466,49 @@
                 description: The health check command and associated configuration parameters for the container.
                 required: False
                 type: dict
+                suboptions:
+                    command:
+                        description:
+                            - A string array representing the command that the container runs to determine if it is healthy.
+                            - >
+                              The string array must start with CMD to run the command arguments directly,
+                              or CMD-SHELL to run the command with the container's default shell.
+                            - An exit code of 0 indicates success, and non-zero exit code indicates failure.
+                        required: False
+                        type: list
+                        elements: str
+                    interval:
+                        description:
+                            - The time period in seconds between each health check execution.
+                            - You may specify between 5 and 300 seconds. The default value is 30 seconds.
+                        required: False
+                        type: int
+                        default: 30
+                    retries:
+                        description:
+                            - The number of times to retry a failed health check before the container is considered unhealthy.
+                            - You may specify between 1 and 10 retries. The default value is 3.
+                        required: False
+                        type: int
+                        default: 3
+                    startPeriod:
+                        description:
+                            - >
+                              The optional grace period to provide containers time to bootstrap
+                              before failed health checks count towards the maximum number of retries.
+                            - You can specify between 0 and 300 seconds. By default, the startPeriod is disabled.
+                            - >
+                              Note: If a health check succeeds within the startPeriod,
+                              then the container is considered healthy and any subsequent failures count toward the maximum number of retries.
+                        required: False
+                        type: int
+                    timeout:
+                        description:
+                            - The time period in seconds to wait for a health check to succeed before it is considered a failure.
+                            - You may specify between 2 and 60 seconds. The default value is 5.
+                        required: False
+                        type: int
+                        default: 5
             systemControls:
                 description: A list of namespaced kernel parameters to set in the container.
                 required: False
@@ -677,6 +720,29 @@
     memory: 1GB
     state: present
     network_mode: awsvpc
+
+# Create Task Definition with health check
+- name: Create task definition
+  community.aws.ecs_taskdefinition:
+    family: nginx
+    containers:
+    - name: nginx
+      essential: true
+      image: "nginx"
+      portMappings:
+      - containerPort: 8080
+        hostPort: 8080
+      cpu: 512
+      memory: 1024
+      healthCheck:
+        command:
+            - CMD-SHELL
+            - /app/healthcheck.py
+        interval: 60
+        retries: 3
+        startPeriod: 15
+        timeout: 15
+    state: present
 '''
 RETURN = r'''
 taskdefinition: