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AWS secretsmanager documentation change

Service: secretsmanager · 2025-05-28 · Documentation low

File: secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md

Summary

Updated CLI examples and added new create-secret example with tags

Security assessment

Added example shows tag usage but does not introduce security features. Existing warning about sensitive data in tags remains unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md b/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md
index dc7e5c3fa..9ebe712fd 100644
--- a//secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md
+++ b//secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md
@@ -85 +85 @@ You must have [Permissions for the KMS key](./security-encryption.html#security-
-    2. (Optional) In the **Tags** section, add tags to your secret. For tagging strategies, see [Tag AWS Secrets Manager secrets](./managing-secrets_tagging.html). Don't store sensitive information in tags because they aren't encrypted.
+    2. (Optional) In the **Tags** section, add tags to your secret. For tagging strategies, see [Tagging secrets in AWS Secrets Manager](./managing-secrets_tagging.html). Don't store sensitive information in tags because they aren't encrypted.
@@ -137 +137,12 @@ The following [`create-secret`](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/ap
-        --secret-string "{\"user\":\"diegor\",\"password\":\"EXAMPLE-PASSWORD\"}"
+        --secret-string '{"user":"diegor","password":"EXAMPLE-PASSWORD"}'
+
+###### Example Create a secret
+
+The following [`create-secret`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/secretsmanager/create-secret.html) example creates a secret with two tags.
+    
+    
+    aws secretsmanager create-secret \
+        --name MyTestSecret \
+        --description "My test secret created with the CLI." \
+        --secret-string '{"user":"diegor","password":"EXAMPLE-PASSWORD"}'  \
+        --tags '[{"Key": "FirstTag", "Value": "FirstValue"}, {"Key": "SecondTag", "Value": "SecondValue"}]'