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AWS kms documentation change

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

File: kms/latest/developerguide/multi-region-keys-overview.md

Summary

Updated reference from 'aws-managed-cmk' to 'aws-managed-key'

Security assessment

Terminology update from 'CMK' to 'KMS key' for consistency. No security-related content changes or vulnerability fixes.

Diff

diff --git a/kms/latest/developerguide/multi-region-keys-overview.md b/kms/latest/developerguide/multi-region-keys-overview.md
index 97a666fb3..c88a434ce 100644
--- a//kms/latest/developerguide/multi-region-keys-overview.md
+++ b//kms/latest/developerguide/multi-region-keys-overview.md
@@ -41 +41 @@ You can use multi-Region keys with client-side encryption libraries, such as the
-Multi-Region keys are not global. You create a multi-Region primary key and then replicate it into Regions that you select within an [AWS partition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html). Then you manage the multi-Region key in each Region independently. Neither AWS nor AWS KMS ever automatically creates or replicates multi-Region keys into any Region on your behalf. [AWS managed keys](./concepts.html#aws-managed-cmk), the KMS keys that AWS services create in your account for you, are always single-Region keys.
+Multi-Region keys are not global. You create a multi-Region primary key and then replicate it into Regions that you select within an [AWS partition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html). Then you manage the multi-Region key in each Region independently. Neither AWS nor AWS KMS ever automatically creates or replicates multi-Region keys into any Region on your behalf. [AWS managed keys](./concepts.html#aws-managed-key), the KMS keys that AWS services create in your account for you, are always single-Region keys.