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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-10-22 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/set-up-ami-tools.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'instance store-backed' to 'Amazon S3-backed' AMIs in multiple locations

Security assessment

The changes correct terminology related to AMI storage backends but do not introduce new security information or address security vulnerabilities. This appears to be a documentation accuracy improvement rather than a security-related update.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/set-up-ami-tools.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/set-up-ami-tools.md
index 3128612c4..6ae3fddc1 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/set-up-ami-tools.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/set-up-ami-tools.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ Manage signing certificates
-You can use the AMI tools to create and manage instance store-backed Linux AMIs. To use the tools, you must install them on your Linux instance. The AMI tools are available as both an RPM and as a .zip file for Linux distributions that don't support RPM. 
+You can use the AMI tools to create and manage Amazon S3-backed Linux AMIs. To use the tools, you must install them on your Linux instance. The AMI tools are available as both an RPM and as a .zip file for Linux distributions that don't support RPM. 
@@ -147 +147 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Create an instance store-backed AMI
+Create an Amazon S3-backed AMI