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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-05-03 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/verify-nitrotpm-support-on-instance.md

Summary

Clarified NitroTPM verification output and removed redundant statements. Added explicit note about TpmSupport field presence based on NitroTPM status.

Security assessment

The changes document how to verify NitroTPM support, a security feature for cryptographic operations. While this clarifies security-related functionality, there is no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability or incident.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/verify-nitrotpm-support-on-instance.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/verify-nitrotpm-support-on-instance.md
index 71c88742d..95ca5a274 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/verify-nitrotpm-support-on-instance.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/verify-nitrotpm-support-on-instance.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ Verify NitroTPM access on your Windows instance
-You can verify whether an Amazon EC2 instance is enabled for NitroTPM.
+You can verify whether an Amazon EC2 instance is enabled for NitroTPM. If NitroTPM support is enabled on the instance, the command returns `"v2.0"`. Otherwise, the `TpmSupport` field is not present in the output.
@@ -18 +18 @@ AWS CLI
-Use the [describe-instances](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/describe-instances.html) command and specify the instance ID.
+Use the [describe-instances](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/describe-instances.html) command.
@@ -25,2 +24,0 @@ Use the [describe-instances](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/l
-If NitroTPM support is enabled on the instance, the command returns `"v2.0"`. Otherwise, the `TpmSupport` field is not present in the output.
-
@@ -38,2 +35,0 @@ Use the [Get-EC2Instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/referenc
-If NitroTPM support is enabled on the instance, the command returns `"v2.0"`. Otherwise, the `TpmSupport` field is not present in the output.
-