diff --git a/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/create_security_group.rb b/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/create_security_group.rb
index 30c7325ad..da05f9e5f 100644
--- a/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/create_security_group.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/create_security_group.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Fog
           request(
             'Action'            => 'CreateSecurityGroup',
             'GroupName'         => name,
-            'GroupDescription'  => CGI.escape(description),
+            'GroupDescription'  => description,
             :parser             => Fog::Parsers::AWS::Compute::Basic.new
           )
         end
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ module Fog
           response = Excon::Response.new
           unless @data[:security_groups][name]
             data = {
-              'groupDescription'  => CGI.escape(description).gsub('%20', '+'),
-              'groupName'         => CGI.escape(name).gsub('%20', '+'),
+              'groupDescription'  => description,
+              'groupName'         => name,
               'ipPermissions'     => [],
               'ownerId'           => @owner_id
             }