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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/security-group-rules-reference.md

Summary

Changed 'Elastic Load Balancing' to abbreviated 'ELB' in section headers and descriptions

Security assessment

Terminology simplification without altering security group rules or access control logic. The change maintains identical security requirements for load balancer communications with no impact on network security configurations.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/security-group-rules-reference.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/security-group-rules-reference.md
index 71305d1f4..e0cbb35e3 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/security-group-rules-reference.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/security-group-rules-reference.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Web server rulesDatabase server rulesRules to connect to instances from your computerRules to connect to instances from an instance with the same security groupRules for ping/ICMPDNS server rulesAmazon EFS rulesElastic Load Balancing rules
+Web server rulesDatabase server rulesRules to connect to instances from your computerRules to connect to instances from an instance with the same security groupRules for ping/ICMPDNS server rulesAmazon EFS rulesELB rules
@@ -29 +29 @@ The following are examples of the kinds of rules that you can add to security gr
-  * Elastic Load Balancing rules
+  * ELB rules
@@ -147 +147 @@ TCP | 6 | 22 (SSH) | The IP address range of your local computer, or the range o
-## Elastic Load Balancing rules
+## ELB rules
@@ -149 +149 @@ TCP | 6 | 22 (SSH) | The IP address range of your local computer, or the range o
-If you register your EC2 instances with a load balancer, the security group associated with your load balancer must allow communication with the instances. For more information, see the following in the Elastic Load Balancing documentation.
+If you register your EC2 instances with a load balancer, the security group associated with your load balancer must allow communication with the instances. For more information, see the following in the ELB documentation.