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AWS toolkit-for-vscode documentation change

Service: toolkit-for-vscode · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/iam-access-analyzer-overview.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'AWS CloudFormation' to 'CloudFormation' in prerequisites, supported files description, and policy checks explanation

Security assessment

The changes are purely terminological updates without any security context. No vulnerabilities, security features, or security implications are mentioned or implied in the modifications.

Diff

diff --git a/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/iam-access-analyzer-overview.md b/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/iam-access-analyzer-overview.md
index 859ecdef0..547e3c9d7 100644
--- a//toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/iam-access-analyzer-overview.md
+++ b//toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/iam-access-analyzer-overview.md
@@ -17 +17 @@ The following prerequisites must be met before you can work with IAM Access Anal
-  * Install either the [IAM Policy Validator for AWS CloudFormation](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cloudformation-iam-policy-validator) or the [IAM Policy Validator for Terraform](https://github.com/awslabs/terraform-iam-policy-validator) that is required by Python CLI tools and specified in the IAM Policy Checks window.
+  * Install either the [IAM Policy Validator for CloudFormation](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cloudformation-iam-policy-validator) or the [IAM Policy Validator for Terraform](https://github.com/awslabs/terraform-iam-policy-validator) that is required by Python CLI tools and specified in the IAM Policy Checks window.
@@ -26 +26 @@ The following prerequisites must be met before you can work with IAM Access Anal
-You can perform policy checks for AWS CloudFormation templates, Terraform plans, and JSON Policy documents, using the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. Your check findings are viewable in the VS Code **Problems Panel**. The following image shows the VS Code **Problems Panel**. 
+You can perform policy checks for CloudFormation templates, Terraform plans, and JSON Policy documents, using the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. Your check findings are viewable in the VS Code **Problems Panel**. The following image shows the VS Code **Problems Panel**. 
@@ -47 +47 @@ The following sections describe how to run each type of check.
-Configure your AWS Role credentials prior to running any type of check. Supported files include the following document types: AWS CloudFormation templates, Terraform plans, and JSON Policy documents
+Configure your AWS Role credentials prior to running any type of check. Supported files include the following document types: CloudFormation templates, Terraform plans, and JSON Policy documents