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AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change

Service: AWSCloudFormation · 2025-07-04 · Documentation low

File: AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-cloudformation-stack.md

Summary

Updated documentation links and minor wording changes (URL path corrections and terminology consistency)

Security assessment

Changes involve URL path updates from UserGuide to TemplateReference and terminology tweaks ('unique ID' to 'unique identifier'). No security-related content was added or modified beyond documentation structure improvements.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-cloudformation-stack.md b/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-cloudformation-stack.md
index dcf81fae9..0a6a2faa5 100644
--- a//AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-cloudformation-stack.md
+++ b//AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-cloudformation-stack.md
@@ -11 +11 @@ The `AWS::CloudFormation::Stack` resource nests a stack as a resource in a top-l
-You can add output values from a nested stack within the containing template. You use the [GetAtt](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/intrinsic-function-reference-getatt.html) function with the nested stack's logical name and the name of the output value in the nested stack in the format `Outputs._NestedStackOutputName_`.
+You can add output values from a nested stack within the containing template. You use the [GetAtt](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-getatt.html) function with the nested stack's logical name and the name of the output value in the nested stack in the format `Outputs._NestedStackOutputName_`.
@@ -195 +195 @@ For more information, see [Acknowledging IAM resources in CloudFormation templat
-Some template contain macros. Macros perform custom processing on templates; this can include simple actions like find-and-replace operations, all the way to extensive transformations of entire templates. Because of this, users typically create a change set from the processed template, so that they can review the changes resulting from the macros before actually creating the stack. If your stack template contains one or more macros, and you choose to create a stack directly from the processed template, without first reviewing the resulting changes in a change set, you must acknowledge this capability. This includes the [AWS::Include](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/transform-aws-include.html) and [AWS::Serverless](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/transform-aws-serverless.html) transforms, which are macros hosted by CloudFormation.
+Some template contain macros. Macros perform custom processing on templates; this can include simple actions like find-and-replace operations, all the way to extensive transformations of entire templates. Because of this, users typically create a change set from the processed template, so that they can review the changes resulting from the macros before actually creating the stack. If your stack template contains one or more macros, and you choose to create a stack directly from the processed template, without first reviewing the resulting changes in a change set, you must acknowledge this capability. This includes the [AWS::Include](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/transform-aws-include.html) and [AWS::Serverless](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/transform-aws-serverless.html) transforms, which are macros hosted by CloudFormation.
@@ -545 +545 @@ For more information about using the `Fn::GetAtt` intrinsic function, see [`Fn::
-Returns the unique ID of the change set.
+Returns the unique identifier of the change set.
@@ -550 +550 @@ Returns the unique ID of the change set.
-Returns The time at which the stack was created.
+Returns the time the stack was created.