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AWS ebs documentation change

Service: ebs · 2025-07-18 · Documentation low

File: ebs/latest/userguide/snapshots-localzones.md

Summary

Corrected AMI creation capability with Local snapshots

Security assessment

Documentation correction about feature availability without security implications

Diff

diff --git a/ebs/latest/userguide/snapshots-localzones.md b/ebs/latest/userguide/snapshots-localzones.md
index cbbbba539..44ca08037 100644
--- a//ebs/latest/userguide/snapshots-localzones.md
+++ b//ebs/latest/userguide/snapshots-localzones.md
@@ -73 +73 @@ Local snapshots can be unencrypted or encrypted by default. When encrypted by de
-No, you can't currently create EBS-backed AMIs using Local snapshots in Local Zones.
+Yes, you can use Local snapshots in Local Zones when creating EBS-backed AMIs by specifying the snapshot destination as Local Zones. For more information, see [ Create an Amazon EBS-backed AMI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/creating-an-ami-ebs.html#creating-launching-ami-from-snapshot).