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AWS AmazonS3 documentation change

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

File: AmazonS3/latest/userguide/transfer-acceleration.md

Summary

Replaced references to 'S3 bucket' with 'S3 general purpose bucket' in Transfer Acceleration documentation

Security assessment

Terminology update for bucket type specificity without security implications

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/transfer-acceleration.md b/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/transfer-acceleration.md
index 38a057273..b1d78c6b3 100644
--- a//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/transfer-acceleration.md
+++ b//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/transfer-acceleration.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ Why use Transfer Acceleration?Requirements for using Transfer Acceleration
-Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration is a bucket-level feature that enables fast, easy, and secure transfers of files over long distances between your client and an S3 bucket. Transfer Acceleration is designed to optimize transfer speeds from across the world into S3 buckets. Transfer Acceleration takes advantage of the globally distributed edge locations in Amazon CloudFront. As the data arrives at an edge location, the data is routed to Amazon S3 over an optimized network path.
+Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration is a bucket-level feature that enables fast, easy, and secure transfers of files over long distances between your client and an S3 general purpose bucket. Transfer Acceleration is designed to optimize transfer speeds from across the world into S3 general purpose buckets. Transfer Acceleration takes advantage of the globally distributed edge locations in Amazon CloudFront. As the data arrives at an edge location, the data is routed to Amazon S3 over an optimized network path.
@@ -15 +15 @@ When you use Transfer Acceleration, additional data transfer charges might apply
-You might want to use Transfer Acceleration on a bucket for various reasons:
+You might want to use Transfer Acceleration on a general purpose bucket for various reasons:
@@ -17 +17 @@ You might want to use Transfer Acceleration on a bucket for various reasons:
-  * Your customers upload to a centralized bucket from all over the world.
+  * Your customers upload to a centralized general purpose bucket from all over the world.