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AWS IAM documentation change

Service: IAM · 2025-06-13 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.md

Summary

Updated role creation documentation to reference 'SAML or OIDC federated principals' instead of 'federated user'

Security assessment

Terminology update for consistency, no security-related changes

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.md
index 17f9113f8..575a4ac22 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ To create a role, you can use the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, the Tools
-If you use the AWS Management Console, a wizard guides you through the steps for creating a role. The wizard has slightly different steps depending on whether you're creating a role for an AWS service, for an AWS account, or for a federated user. 
+If you use the AWS Management Console, a wizard guides you through the steps for creating a role. The wizard has slightly different steps depending on whether you're creating a role for an AWS service, for an AWS account, or for a SAML or OIDC federated principal.
@@ -31 +31 @@ Create this role to delegate permissions to users that already have identities o
-For more information, see [Create a role for a third-party identity provider (federation)](./id_roles_create_for-idp.html).
+For more information, see [Create a role for a third-party identity provider ](./id_roles_create_for-idp.html).