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AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change

Service: AWSCloudFormation · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/control-access-with-iam.md

Summary

Updated documentation links to use 'CloudFormation' instead of 'AWS CloudFormation' in anchor texts for consistency

Security assessment

Changes are purely cosmetic/naming consistency updates in documentation references. No security-related content was added or modified beyond branding terminology.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/control-access-with-iam.md b/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/control-access-with-iam.md
index 1cfd673a4..ffb825a69 100644
--- a//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/control-access-with-iam.md
+++ b//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/control-access-with-iam.md
@@ -50 +50 @@ You can also specify multiple actions using wildcards. For example, you can spec
-To see a complete list of actions associated with the `cloudformation` service prefix, see [Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudformation.html) and [Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Cloud Control API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudcontrolapi.html) in the _Service Authorization Reference_.
+To see a complete list of actions associated with the `cloudformation` service prefix, see [Actions, resources, and condition keys for CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudformation.html) and [Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Cloud Control API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudcontrolapi.html) in the _Service Authorization Reference_.
@@ -154 +154 @@ In an IAM policy statement, the `Resource` element specifies the object or objec
-For a complete list of CloudFormation resource types and their ARNs, see [Resource types defined by AWS CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudformation.html#awscloudformation-resources-for-iam-policies) in the _Service Authorization Reference_. To learn with which actions you can specify with each resource's ARN, see [Actions defined by AWS CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudformation.html#awscloudformation-actions-as-permissions).
+For a complete list of CloudFormation resource types and their ARNs, see [Resource types defined by CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudformation.html#awscloudformation-resources-for-iam-policies) in the _Service Authorization Reference_. To learn with which actions you can specify with each resource's ARN, see [Actions defined by CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awscloudformation.html#awscloudformation-actions-as-permissions).
@@ -270 +270 @@ The template resource types, such as `AWS::EC2::Instance`, that you want to asso
-For a list of resource types, see [AWS CloudFormation Template Reference Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/introduction.html).
+For a list of resource types, see [CloudFormation Template Reference Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/introduction.html).