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AWS awssupport documentation change

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

File: awssupport/latest/user/security_iam_service-with-iam.md

Summary

Simplified explanation of the `Action` element in JSON policies by removing details about exceptions (permission-only/dependent actions) and redundant statements.

Security assessment

The change removes explanatory examples but does not alter security recommendations or address vulnerabilities. It is a documentation simplification without direct security implications.

Diff

diff --git a/awssupport/latest/user/security_iam_service-with-iam.md b/awssupport/latest/user/security_iam_service-with-iam.md
index 09730ff75..4e5672bdf 100644
--- a//awssupport/latest/user/security_iam_service-with-iam.md
+++ b//awssupport/latest/user/security_iam_service-with-iam.md
@@ -30,3 +30 @@ Administrators can use AWS JSON policies to specify who has access to what. That
-The `Action` element of a JSON policy describes the actions that you can use to allow or deny access in a policy. Policy actions usually have the same name as the associated AWS API operation. There are some exceptions, such as _permission-only actions_ that don't have a matching API operation. There are also some operations that require multiple actions in a policy. These additional actions are called _dependent actions_.
-
-Include actions in a policy to grant permissions to perform the associated operation.
+The `Action` element of a JSON policy describes the actions that you can use to allow or deny access in a policy. Include actions in a policy to grant permissions to perform the associated operation.