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AWS systems-manager documentation change

Service: systems-manager · 2025-08-16 · Documentation low

File: systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-paramstore-access.md

Summary

Updated example ARNs to use us-east-1 region and consistent account ID 111122223333. Added note formatting for KMS permission requirement.

Security assessment

Changes involve standard documentation example updates (region/account IDs) and formatting adjustments. No security vulnerabilities addressed or new security features documented.

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-paramstore-access.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-paramstore-access.md
index 4b01f09b9..2c1b46eda 100644
--- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-paramstore-access.md
+++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-paramstore-access.md
@@ -54 +54 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:123456789012:parameter/prod-*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
@@ -88 +88 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:111122223333:parameter/dbserver-prod-*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:111122223333:parameter/dbserver-prod-*"
@@ -124 +124 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:123456789012:parameter/prod-*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
@@ -160 +160 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
@@ -203 +203 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
+                    "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
@@ -212 +212 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:key/4914ec06-e888-4ea5-a371-5b88eEXAMPLE"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:111122223333:key/4914ec06-e888-4ea5-a371-5b88eEXAMPLE"
@@ -243 +243 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
+                    "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:111122223333:parameter/prod-*"
@@ -254 +254 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-12345EXAMPLE"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:111122223333:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-12345EXAMPLE"
@@ -261 +261,3 @@ JSON
-**1** The `kms:GenerateDataKey` permission is required for creating encrypted advanced parameters using the specified customer managed key. 
+###### Note
+
+The `kms:GenerateDataKey` permission is required for creating encrypted advanced parameters using the specified customer managed key. 
@@ -267 +269 @@ By contrast, all users within the customer account have access to the default AW
-You can locate the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the default key in the AWS KMS console on the [AWS managed keys](https://console.aws.amazon.com/kms/home#/kms/defaultKeys) page. The default key is the one identified with `aws/ssm` in the **Alias** column.
+You can locate the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the default key in the AWS KMS console on the [AWS managed keys](https://console.aws.amazon.com/kms/home#/kms/defaultKeys) page. The default key is identified with `aws/ssm` in the **Alias** column.
@@ -286 +288 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:key/abcd1234-ab12-cd34-ef56-abcdeEXAMPLE"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:111122223333:key/abcd1234-ab12-cd34-ef56-abcdeEXAMPLE"