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AWS acm documentation change

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

File: acm/latest/userguide/acm-services.md

Summary

Consistently changed 'AWS CloudFormation' to 'CloudFormation'. Updated links and references to CloudFormation documentation.

Security assessment

These are branding/naming consistency updates without any security context. The certificate quota warnings and validation process descriptions remain unchanged security-wise.

Diff

diff --git a/acm/latest/userguide/acm-services.md b/acm/latest/userguide/acm-services.md
index cf1935be4..060f0aac1 100644
--- a//acm/latest/userguide/acm-services.md
+++ b//acm/latest/userguide/acm-services.md
@@ -73 +73 @@ You cannot associate ACM certificates with an EC2 instance that is not connected
-AWS CloudFormation helps you model and set up your Amazon Web Services resources. You create a template that describes the AWS resources that you want to use, such as Elastic Load Balancing or API Gateway. Then AWS CloudFormation takes care of provisioning and configuring those resources for you. You don't need to individually create and configure AWS resources and figure out what's dependent on what; AWS CloudFormation handles all of that. ACM certificates are included as a template resource, which means that AWS CloudFormation can request ACM certificates that you can use with AWS services to enable secure connections. In addition, ACM certificates are included with many of the AWS resources that you can set up with AWS CloudFormation. 
+CloudFormation helps you model and set up your Amazon Web Services resources. You create a template that describes the AWS resources that you want to use, such as Elastic Load Balancing or API Gateway. Then CloudFormation takes care of provisioning and configuring those resources for you. You don't need to individually create and configure AWS resources and figure out what's dependent on what; CloudFormation handles all of that. ACM certificates are included as a template resource, which means that CloudFormation can request ACM certificates that you can use with AWS services to enable secure connections. In addition, ACM certificates are included with many of the AWS resources that you can set up with CloudFormation. 
@@ -75 +75 @@ AWS CloudFormation helps you model and set up your Amazon Web Services resources
-For general information about CloudFormation, see the [AWS CloudFormation User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/). For information about ACM resources supported by CloudFormation, see [AWS::CertificateManager::Certificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-certificatemanager-certificate.html). 
+For general information about CloudFormation, see the [CloudFormation User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/). For information about ACM resources supported by CloudFormation, see [AWS::CertificateManager::Certificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-certificatemanager-certificate.html). 
@@ -77 +77 @@ For general information about CloudFormation, see the [AWS CloudFormation User G
-With the powerful automation provided by AWS CloudFormation, it is easy to exceed your [certificate quota](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/userguide/acm-limits.html), especially with new AWS accounts. We recommend that you follow the ACM [best practices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/userguide/acm-bestpractices.html#best-practices-cloudformation) for AWS CloudFormation. 
+With the powerful automation provided by CloudFormation, it is easy to exceed your [certificate quota](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/userguide/acm-limits.html), especially with new AWS accounts. We recommend that you follow the ACM [best practices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/userguide/acm-bestpractices.html#best-practices-cloudformation) for CloudFormation. 
@@ -81 +81 @@ With the powerful automation provided by AWS CloudFormation, it is easy to excee
-If you create an ACM certificate with AWS CloudFormation, the AWS CloudFormation stack remains in the **CREATE_IN_PROGRESS** state. Any further stack operations are delayed until you act upon the instructions in the certificate validation email. For more information, see [ Resource Failed to Stabilize During a Create, Update, or Delete Stack Operation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/troubleshooting.html#troubleshooting-resource-did-not-stabilize). 
+If you create an ACM certificate with CloudFormation, the CloudFormation stack remains in the **CREATE_IN_PROGRESS** state. Any further stack operations are delayed until you act upon the instructions in the certificate validation email. For more information, see [ Resource Failed to Stabilize During a Create, Update, or Delete Stack Operation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/troubleshooting.html#troubleshooting-resource-did-not-stabilize).