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AWS IAM documentation change

Service: IAM · 2025-07-10 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.md

Summary

Added JSON formatting blocks in EC2 role assumption examples

Security assessment

Structural improvements to instance profile documentation without security content changes.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.md
index c3fee0c01..7d25ff05a 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.md
@@ -74,0 +75,6 @@ The following sample policy allows users to use the AWS Management Console to la
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@@ -118,0 +126,6 @@ The following sample policy allows users to use the Amazon EC2 API to launch an
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@@ -147,0 +162,6 @@ The `abcd` Amazon EC2 instance profile role must have the following permissions
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@@ -187,0 +209,6 @@ The `abcd` role must trust the Amazon EC2 service to assume the role. To do this
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@@ -204,0 +233,6 @@ Assume that the `efgh` cross-account role allows read-only Amazon S3 tasks on th
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@@ -238,0 +274,6 @@ The `efgh` role must trust the `abcd` instance profile role to assume it. To do
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