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AWS powershell documentation change

Service: powershell · 2025-06-19 · Documentation low

File: powershell/v5/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md

Summary

Updated link text from 'Configure tool authentication' to 'Authenticating with AWS' and modified region documentation link text

Security assessment

Changes involve documentation link updates and regional reference clarification without security implications. Existing security recommendations remain unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/powershell/v5/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md b/powershell/v5/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md
index f59c9cb9c..bd94f3840 100644
--- a//powershell/v5/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md
+++ b//powershell/v5/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md
@@ -21 +21 @@ The information in this topic is for circumstances where you need to obtain and
-For best security practices, use AWS IAM Identity Center, as described in [Configure tool authentication](./creds-idc.html).
+For best security practices, use AWS IAM Identity Center, as described in [Authenticating with AWS](./creds-idc.html).
@@ -170 +170 @@ On individual commands, you can add the `-ProfileName` parameter to specify a pr
-When you specify a default or session profile, you can also add a `-Region` parameter to override a default or session Region. For more information, see [Specify AWS Regions](./pstools-installing-specifying-region.html). The following example specifies a default profile and Region.
+When you specify a default or session profile, you can also add a `-Region` parameter to override a default or session Region. For more information, see [Specify the AWS Region for the AWS Tools for PowerShell](./pstools-installing-specifying-region.html). The following example specifies a default profile and Region.