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AWS cloudformation-cli documentation change

Service: cloudformation-cli · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: cloudformation-cli/latest/hooks-userguide/what-is-cloudformation-hooks.md

Summary

Revised product name references from 'AWS CloudFormation Hooks' to 'CloudFormation Hooks' and updated related terminology

Security assessment

Naming convention updates. Existing security-related content (compliance checks) remains unchanged.

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diff --git a/cloudformation-cli/latest/hooks-userguide/what-is-cloudformation-hooks.md b/cloudformation-cli/latest/hooks-userguide/what-is-cloudformation-hooks.md
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@@ -7 +7 @@ Hook implementation options
-# What are AWS CloudFormation Hooks?
+# What are CloudFormation Hooks?
@@ -9 +9 @@ Hook implementation options
-AWS CloudFormation Hooks is a feature that helps ensure that your CloudFormation resources, stacks, and change sets comply with your organization's security, operational, and cost optimization best practices. CloudFormation Hooks can also ensure this same level of compliance for your AWS Cloud Control API resources. With CloudFormation Hooks, you can provide code that proactively inspects the configuration of your AWS resources before provisioning. If non-compliant resources are found, AWS CloudFormation either fails the operation and prevents the resources from being provisioned or emits a warning and allows the provisioning operation to continue.
+CloudFormation Hooks is a feature that helps ensure that your CloudFormation resources, stacks, and change sets comply with your organization's security, operational, and cost optimization best practices. CloudFormation Hooks can also ensure this same level of compliance for your AWS Cloud Control API resources. With CloudFormation Hooks, you can provide code that proactively inspects the configuration of your AWS resources before provisioning. If non-compliant resources are found, CloudFormation either fails the operation and prevents the resources from being provisioned or emits a warning and allows the provisioning operation to continue.
@@ -31 +31 @@ You can also implement Hooks using Lambda functions, allowing you to leverage th
-For advanced use cases, you can write your own evaluation logic using programming languages supported by the [CloudFormation CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/userguide/what-is-cloudformation-cli.html). This approach provides maximum flexibility for implementing organization-specific governance requirements. As a supported extension type in the [AWS CloudFormation registry](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/registry.html), your custom Hooks can be distributed and activated both publicly and privately. 
+For advanced use cases, you can write your own evaluation logic using programming languages supported by the [CloudFormation CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/userguide/what-is-cloudformation-cli.html). This approach provides maximum flexibility for implementing organization-specific governance requirements. As a supported extension type in the [CloudFormation registry](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/registry.html), your custom Hooks can be distributed and activated both publicly and privately.