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AWS serverless-application-model documentation change

Service: serverless-application-model · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/validate-cfn-lint.md

Summary

Updated references from 'AWS CloudFormation' to 'CloudFormation' for consistency in branding and documentation links

Security assessment

Changes involve branding terminology updates (removing 'AWS' prefix) and documentation link text alignment. No security-specific content was added or modified.

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diff --git a/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/validate-cfn-lint.md b/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/validate-cfn-lint.md
index 3fc7ba198..a52fc4022 100644
--- a//serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/validate-cfn-lint.md
+++ b//serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/validate-cfn-lint.md
@@ -7 +7 @@ ExamplesLearn more
-# Validate your AWS SAM applications with AWS CloudFormation Linter
+# Validate your AWS SAM applications with CloudFormation Linter
@@ -9 +9 @@ ExamplesLearn more
-AWS CloudFormation Linter (cfn-lint) is an open-source tool that you can use to perform detailed validation on your AWS CloudFormation templates. Cfn-lint contains rules that are guided by the AWS CloudFormation resource specification. Use cfn-lint to compare your resources against those rules to receive detailed messages on errors, warnings, or informational suggestions. Alternatively, create your own custom rules to validate against. To learn more about cfn-lint, see [cfn-lint](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint) in the _AWS CloudFormation GitHub repository_. 
+AWS CloudFormation Linter (cfn-lint) is an open-source tool that you can use to perform detailed validation on your CloudFormation templates. Cfn-lint contains rules that are guided by the CloudFormation resource specification. Use cfn-lint to compare your resources against those rules to receive detailed messages on errors, warnings, or informational suggestions. Alternatively, create your own custom rules to validate against. To learn more about cfn-lint, see [cfn-lint](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint) in the _CloudFormation GitHub repository_. 
@@ -16 +16 @@ You can use cfn-lint to validate your AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM)
-To customize cfn-lint behavior, such as creating custom rules or specifying validation options, you can define a configuration file. To learn more, see [Config File](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint#config-file) in the _cfn-lint AWS CloudFormation GitHub repository_. When you run **sam validate --lint** , cfn-lint behavior defined in your configuration file will be applied. 
+To customize cfn-lint behavior, such as creating custom rules or specifying validation options, you can define a configuration file. To learn more, see [Config File](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint#config-file) in the _cfn-lint CloudFormation GitHub repository_. When you run **sam validate --lint** , cfn-lint behavior defined in your configuration file will be applied.