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AWS waf documentation change

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

File: waf/latest/developerguide/waf-rule-group-creating.md

Summary

Standardized terminology by replacing 'protection pack or web ACL' with 'protection pack (web ACL)' in multiple instances

Security assessment

These changes focus on documentation consistency for web ACL references. There is no evidence of security vulnerability fixes, security incident responses, or new security feature documentation in the modified text.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-rule-group-creating.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-rule-group-creating.md
index edfdd0d02..9537e7690 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-rule-group-creating.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-rule-group-creating.md
@@ -27 +27 @@ You can't change the name after you create the rule group.
-  4. For **Region** , choose the Region where you want to store the rule group. To use a rule group in protection pack or web ACLs that protect Amazon CloudFront distributions, you must use the global setting. You can use the global setting for regional applications, too.
+  4. For **Region** , choose the Region where you want to store the rule group. To use a rule group in protection packs (web ACLs) that protect Amazon CloudFront distributions, you must use the global setting. You can use the global setting for regional applications, too.
@@ -31 +31 @@ You can't change the name after you create the rule group.
-  6. Add rules to the rule group using the **Rule builder** wizard, the same as you do in protection pack or web ACL management. The only difference is that you can't add a rule group to another rule group. 
+  6. Add rules to the rule group using the **Rule builder** wizard, the same as you do in protection pack (web ACL) management. The only difference is that you can't add a rule group to another rule group. 
@@ -33 +33 @@ You can't change the name after you create the rule group.
-  7. For **Capacity** , set the maximum for the rule group's use of protection pack or web ACL capacity units (WCUs). This is an immutable setting. For information about WCUs, see [Web ACL capacity units (WCUs) in AWS WAF](./aws-waf-capacity-units.html). 
+  7. For **Capacity** , set the maximum for the rule group's use of protection pack (web ACL) capacity units (WCUs). This is an immutable setting. For information about WCUs, see [Web ACL capacity units (WCUs) in AWS WAF](./aws-waf-capacity-units.html).