AWS cli documentation change

Service: cli · 2025-08-28 · Documentation low

File: cli/latest/reference/application-signals/start-discovery.md

Summary

Added examples section for start-discovery command and updated CLI version references

Security assessment

Added usage examples for enabling CloudWatch Application Signals, which involves service-linked role creation. While related to access management, this is standard operational documentation rather than addressing a security issue or introducing new security features.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/application-signals/start-discovery.md b/cli/latest/reference/application-signals/start-discovery.md
index 89430f91b..a180d4f40 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/application-signals/start-discovery.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/application-signals/start-discovery.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.28.16 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.28.19 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -35,0 +36 @@
+    * Examples
@@ -199,0 +201,20 @@ Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
+## Examples¶
+
+### Note
+
+To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the [Getting started guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html) in the _AWS CLI User Guide_ for more information.
+
+Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See [Using quotation marks with strings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-parameters-quoting-strings.html) in the _AWS CLI User Guide_ .
+
+**To enable this Amazon Web Services account to be able to use CloudWatch Application Signals**
+
+The following `start-discovery` example enables this Amazon Web Services account to be able to use CloudWatch Application Signals by creating the _AWSServiceRoleForCloudWatchApplicationSignals_ service-linked role.
+    
+    
+    aws application-signals start-discovery
+    
+
+This command produces no output.
+
+For more information, see [Application Signals](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Application-Monitoring-Sections.html) in the _Amazon CloudWatch User Guide_.
+
@@ -214 +235 @@ None
-  * [AWS CLI 2.28.16 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.28.19 Command Reference](../../index.html) »