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AWS waf documentation change

Service: waf · 2025-08-22 · Documentation low

File: waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-app-layer-protections.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'protection pack or web ACL' to 'protection pack (web ACL)' for consistency

Security assessment

This is a terminology clarification without any indication of addressing security vulnerabilities or adding security features. The change maintains existing security documentation consistency.

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diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-app-layer-protections.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-app-layer-protections.md
index bbc72c2b2..9c554a9fa 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-app-layer-protections.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-app-layer-protections.md
@@ -19 +19 @@ When you protect an application layer resource with Shield Advanced, Shield Adva
-Your Shield Advanced subscription covers the costs of using standard AWS WAF capabilities for resources that you protect with Shield Advanced. The standard AWS WAF fees that are covered by your Shield Advanced protections are the cost per protection pack or web ACL, the cost per rule, and the base price per million requests for web request inspection, up to 1,500 WCUs and up to the default body size.
+Your Shield Advanced subscription covers the costs of using standard AWS WAF capabilities for resources that you protect with Shield Advanced. The standard AWS WAF fees that are covered by your Shield Advanced protections are the cost per protection pack (web ACL), the cost per rule, and the base price per million requests for web request inspection, up to 1,500 WCUs and up to the default body size.
@@ -21 +21 @@ Your Shield Advanced subscription covers the costs of using standard AWS WAF cap
-Enabling Shield Advanced automatic application layer DDoS mitigation adds a rule group to your protection pack or web ACL that uses 150 web ACL capacity units (WCUs). These WCUs count against the WCU usage in your protection pack or web ACL. For more information, see [Automating application layer DDoS mitigation with Shield Advanced ](./ddos-automatic-app-layer-response.html), [Protecting the application layer with the Shield Advanced rule group](./ddos-automatic-app-layer-response-rg.html), and [Web ACL capacity units (WCUs) in AWS WAF](./aws-waf-capacity-units.html).
+Enabling Shield Advanced automatic application layer DDoS mitigation adds a rule group to your protection pack (web ACL) that uses 150 web ACL capacity units (WCUs). These WCUs count against the WCU usage in your protection pack (web ACL). For more information, see [Automating application layer DDoS mitigation with Shield Advanced ](./ddos-automatic-app-layer-response.html), [Protecting the application layer with the Shield Advanced rule group](./ddos-automatic-app-layer-response-rg.html), and [Web ACL capacity units (WCUs) in AWS WAF](./aws-waf-capacity-units.html).