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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-04-03 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/building-shared-amis.md

Summary

Minor formatting changes to shred command documentation and wording adjustments

Security assessment

Cosmetic changes to existing security warnings about file deletion limitations. No new security content added.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/building-shared-amis.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/building-shared-amis.md
index 634f9444d..0fbb17635 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/building-shared-amis.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/building-shared-amis.md
@@ -111 +111 @@ You can securely remove all of these files with the following command.
-Secure deletion utilities such as `shred` may not remove all copies of a file from your storage media. Hidden copies of files may be created by journalling file systems (including Amazon Linux default ext4), snapshots, backups, RAID, and temporary caching. For more information see the `shred` [documentation](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.html).
+Secure deletion utilities such as **shred** might not remove all copies of a file from your storage media. Hidden copies of files may be created by journalling file systems (including Amazon Linux default ext4), snapshots, backups, RAID, and temporary caching. For more information, see the [shred documentation](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.html).
@@ -203 +203 @@ We recommend against storing sensitive data or software on any AMI that you shar
-The limitations of `shred` described in the warning above apply here as well. 
+The limitations of **shred** described in the warning above apply here as well.