diff --git a/commands/getZones.go b/commands/getZones.go
index b1102672b..00b2b8b4a 100644
--- a/commands/getZones.go
+++ b/commands/getZones.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func GetZone(args GetZoneArgs) error {
 			}
 
 		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("format %q unknown", args.OutputFile)
+			return fmt.Errorf("format %q unknown", args.OutputFormat)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -245,9 +245,11 @@ func formatDsl(zonename string, rec *models.RecordConfig, defaultTTL uint32) str
 
 	target := rec.GetTargetCombined()
 
+	ttl := uint32(0)
 	ttlop := ""
 	if rec.TTL != defaultTTL && rec.TTL != 0 {
-		ttlop = fmt.Sprintf(", TTL(%d)", rec.TTL)
+		ttl = rec.TTL
+		ttlop = fmt.Sprintf(", TTL(%d)", ttl)
 	}
 
 	switch rec.Type { // #rtype_variations
@@ -277,6 +279,8 @@ func formatDsl(zonename string, rec *models.RecordConfig, defaultTTL uint32) str
 			return fmt.Sprintf("NAMESERVER('%s')", target)
 		}
 		target = "'" + target + "'"
+	case "R53_ALIAS":
+		return makeR53alias(rec, ttl)
 	default:
 		target = "'" + target + "'"
 	}
@@ -295,3 +299,18 @@ func makeCaa(rec *models.RecordConfig, ttlop string) string {
 
 	// TODO(tlim): Generate a CAA_BUILDER() instead?
 }
+
+func makeR53alias(rec *models.RecordConfig, ttl uint32) string {
+	items := []string{
+		"'" + rec.Name + "'",
+		"'" + rec.R53Alias["type"] + "'",
+		"'" + rec.GetTargetField() + "'",
+	}
+	if z, ok := rec.R53Alias["zone_id"]; ok {
+		items = append(items, "R53_ZONE('"+z+"')")
+	}
+	if ttl != 0 {
+		items = append(items, fmt.Sprintf("TTL(%d)", ttl))
+	}
+	return rec.Type + "(" + strings.Join(items, ", ") + ")"
+}
diff --git a/commands/r53_test.go b/commands/r53_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..136f3a84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/r53_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v3/models"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v3/providers/_all"
+)
+
+func TestR53Test_1(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := models.RecordConfig{
+		Type:     "R53_ALIAS",
+		Name:     "foo",
+		NameFQDN: "foo.domain.tld",
+		Target:   "bar",
+	}
+	rec.R53Alias = make(map[string]string)
+	rec.R53Alias["type"] = "A"
+	w := `R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'bar')`
+	if g := makeR53alias(&rec, 0); g != w {
+		t.Errorf("makeR53alias failure: got `%s` want `%s`", g, w)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestR53Test_1ttl(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := models.RecordConfig{
+		Type:     "R53_ALIAS",
+		Name:     "foo",
+		NameFQDN: "foo.domain.tld",
+		Target:   "bar",
+	}
+	rec.R53Alias = make(map[string]string)
+	rec.R53Alias["type"] = "A"
+	w := `R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'bar', TTL(321))`
+	if g := makeR53alias(&rec, 321); g != w {
+		t.Errorf("makeR53alias failure: got `%s` want `%s`", g, w)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestR53Test_2(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := models.RecordConfig{
+		Type:     "R53_ALIAS",
+		Name:     "foo",
+		NameFQDN: "foo.domain.tld",
+		Target:   "bar",
+	}
+	rec.R53Alias = make(map[string]string)
+	rec.R53Alias["type"] = "A"
+	rec.R53Alias["zone_id"] = "blarg"
+	w := `R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'bar', R53_ZONE('blarg'))`
+	if g := makeR53alias(&rec, 0); g != w {
+		t.Errorf("makeR53alias failure: got `%s` want `%s`", g, w)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestR53Test_2ttl(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := models.RecordConfig{
+		Type:     "R53_ALIAS",
+		Name:     "foo",
+		NameFQDN: "foo.domain.tld",
+		Target:   "bar",
+	}
+	rec.R53Alias = make(map[string]string)
+	rec.R53Alias["type"] = "A"
+	rec.R53Alias["zone_id"] = "blarg"
+	w := `R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'bar', R53_ZONE('blarg'), TTL(123))`
+	if g := makeR53alias(&rec, 123); g != w {
+		t.Errorf("makeR53alias failure: got `%s` want `%s`", g, w)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/docs/_functions/domain/R53_ALIAS.md b/docs/_functions/domain/R53_ALIAS.md
index 938f8336a..5c12b417d 100644
--- a/docs/_functions/domain/R53_ALIAS.md
+++ b/docs/_functions/domain/R53_ALIAS.md
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ The zone id can be found depending on the target type:
 {% include startExample.html %}
 {% highlight js %}
 
-D("example.com", REGISTRAR, DnsProvider("ROUTE53"),
-  R53_ALIAS("foo", "A", "bar"),                              // record in same zone
-  R53_ALIAS("foo", "A", "bar", R53_ZONE('Z35SXDOTRQ7X7K')),  // record in same zone, zone specified
-  R53_ALIAS("foo", "A", "blahblah.elasticloadbalancing.us-west-1.amazonaws.com", R53_ZONE('Z368ELLRRE2KJ0')),     // a classic ELB in us-west-1
-  R53_ALIAS("foo", "A", "blahblah.elasticbeanstalk.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", R53_ZONE('Z38NKT9BP95V3O')),     // an Elastic Beanstalk environment in us-west-2
-  R53_ALIAS("foo", "A", "blahblah-bucket.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com", R53_ZONE('Z2F56UZL2M1ACD')),     // a website S3 Bucket in us-west-1
+D('example.com', REGISTRAR, DnsProvider('ROUTE53'),
+  R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'bar'),                              // record in same zone
+  R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'bar', R53_ZONE('Z35SXDOTRQ7X7K')),  // record in same zone, zone specified
+  R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'blahblah.elasticloadbalancing.us-west-1.amazonaws.com', R53_ZONE('Z368ELLRRE2KJ0')),     // a classic ELB in us-west-1
+  R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'blahblah.elasticbeanstalk.us-west-2.amazonaws.com', R53_ZONE('Z38NKT9BP95V3O')),     // an Elastic Beanstalk environment in us-west-2
+  R53_ALIAS('foo', 'A', 'blahblah-bucket.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com', R53_ZONE('Z2F56UZL2M1ACD')),     // a website S3 Bucket in us-west-1
 );
 
 {%endhighlight%}
-{% include endExample.html %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% include endExample.html %}