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AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change

Service: AWSCloudFormation · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-creationpolicy.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'Auto Scaling group' to 'Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group' and 'ELB' abbreviation

Security assessment

Minor terminology updates for clarity (full service name and ELB abbreviation). The health check guidance remains unchanged and there's no evidence of security vulnerability being addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-creationpolicy.md b/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-creationpolicy.md
index de67dc161..6fdc9eb71 100644
--- a//AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-creationpolicy.md
+++ b//AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-creationpolicy.md
@@ -134 +134 @@ _Required_ : No
-### Auto Scaling group
+### Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group
@@ -138 +138 @@ The following example shows how to add a creation policy to an Amazon EC2 Auto S
-To have instances wait for an Elastic Load Balancing health check before they signal success, add a health-check verification by using the [cfn-init](./cfn-init.html) helper script. For an example, see the `verify_instance_health` command in the sample templates for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling rolling updates in our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-templates/tree/main/AutoScaling).
+To have instances wait for an ELB health check before they signal success, add a health-check verification by using the [cfn-init](./cfn-init.html) helper script. For an example, see the `verify_instance_health` command in the sample templates for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling rolling updates in our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-templates/tree/main/AutoScaling).