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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

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

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_MultiDataSources_Permissions.md

Summary

Standardized references from 'AWS CloudFormation' to 'CloudFormation' in access control guidance

Security assessment

Terminology update without altering security recommendations. The existing security advice about IAM permissions remains unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_MultiDataSources_Permissions.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_MultiDataSources_Permissions.md
index 3a3c223f0..09e7d6623 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_MultiDataSources_Permissions.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_MultiDataSources_Permissions.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-CloudWatch uses AWS CloudFormation to create the required resources in your account. We recommend that you use the `cloudformation:TemplateUrl` condition to control access to AWS CloudFormation templates when you grant `CreateStack` permissions to IAM users. 
+CloudWatch uses CloudFormation to create the required resources in your account. We recommend that you use the `cloudformation:TemplateUrl` condition to control access to CloudFormation templates when you grant `CreateStack` permissions to IAM users. 
@@ -45 +45 @@ JSON
-For more information about controlling AWS CloudFormation access, see [Controlling access with AWS Identity and Access Management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-iam-template.html)
+For more information about controlling CloudFormation access, see [Controlling access with AWS Identity and Access Management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-iam-template.html)