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AWS AmazonS3 documentation change

Service: AmazonS3 · 2025-04-16 · Documentation low

File: AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mountpoint-usage.md

Summary

Updated documentation to specify 'general purpose bucket' terminology throughout Mountpoint usage guide

Security assessment

Changes only clarify bucket type requirements without introducing or modifying security-related content

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mountpoint-usage.md b/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mountpoint-usage.md
index 99d088826..7ca1cba3a 100644
--- a//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mountpoint-usage.md
+++ b//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mountpoint-usage.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ Using Mountpoint for Amazon S3Configuring caching in Mountpoint
-To use Mountpoint for Amazon S3, your host needs valid AWS credentials with access to the bucket or buckets that you would like to mount. For different ways to authenticate, see Mountpoint [AWS Credentials](https://github.com/awslabs/mountpoint-s3/blob/main/doc/CONFIGURATION.md#aws-credentials) on GitHub. 
+To use Mountpoint for Amazon S3, your host needs valid AWS credentials with access to the general purpose bucket or buckets that you would like to mount. For different ways to authenticate, see Mountpoint [AWS Credentials](https://github.com/awslabs/mountpoint-s3/blob/main/doc/CONFIGURATION.md#aws-credentials) on GitHub. 
@@ -26 +26 @@ Use Mountpoint for Amazon S3 to do the following:
-  1. Mount buckets with the `mount-s3` command. 
+  1. Mount general purpose buckets with the `mount-s3` command. 
@@ -28 +28 @@ Use Mountpoint for Amazon S3 to do the following:
-In the following example, replace ```amzn-s3-demo-bucket``` with the name of your S3 bucket, and replace ``~/mnt`` with the directory on your host where you want your S3 bucket to be mounted.
+In the following example, replace ```amzn-s3-demo-bucket``` with the name of your S3 general purpose bucket, and replace ``~/mnt`` with the directory on your host where you want your S3 bucket to be mounted.
@@ -35 +35 @@ Because the Mountpoint client runs in the background by default, the ``~/mnt`` d
-  2. Access the objects in your bucket through Mountpoint.
+  2. Access the objects in your general purpose bucket through Mountpoint.