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AWS IAM documentation change

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

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-idp.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'federated users' to 'OIDC and SAML federated principals' and simplified section headers for CLI/API procedures.

Security assessment

The changes involve terminology updates (e.g., 'users' to 'principals') and header simplifications. There is no evidence these changes address a security vulnerability or weakness; they appear to improve clarity and alignment with IAM terminology.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-idp.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-idp.md
index 9f903612b..731715be9 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-idp.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-idp.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Creating a role for federated users (console)Creating a role for federated access (AWS CLI)Creating a role for federated access (AWS API)
+Creating a role (console)Creating a role for federated access (AWS CLI)Creating a role for federated access (AWS API)
@@ -7 +7 @@ Creating a role for federated users (console)Creating a role for federated acces
-# Create a role for a third-party identity provider (federation)
+# Create a role for a third-party identity provider 
@@ -11 +11 @@ You can use identity providers instead of creating IAM users in your AWS account
-## Creating a role for federated users (console)
+## Creating a role for OIDC and SAML federated principals (console)
@@ -13 +13 @@ You can use identity providers instead of creating IAM users in your AWS account
-The procedures for creating a role for federated users depend on your choice of third party providers:
+The procedures for creating a role depends on your choice of third party providers:
@@ -37 +37 @@ Creating a role from the AWS CLI involves multiple steps. When you use the conso
-To create a role for identity federation (AWS CLI)
+To create a role (AWS CLI)
@@ -108 +108 @@ The steps to create a role for the supported identity providers (OIDC or SAML) f
-To create a role for identity federation (AWS API)
+To create a role (AWS API)