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AWS AmazonCloudFront documentation change

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

File: AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-https-cloudfront-to-custom-origin.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'Elastic Load Balancing load balancer' to 'ELB load balancer' for consistency and brevity

Security assessment

The changes are purely terminological (using ELB acronym instead of full name) and do not alter security guidance. No evidence of addressing vulnerabilities or modifying security configurations.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-https-cloudfront-to-custom-origin.md b/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-https-cloudfront-to-custom-origin.md
index 3ad98fdf4..7e97d2d47 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-https-cloudfront-to-custom-origin.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-https-cloudfront-to-custom-origin.md
@@ -35 +35 @@ To require HTTPS between CloudFront and your origin, follow the procedures in th
-The following procedure explains how to configure CloudFront to use HTTPS to communicate with an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer, an Amazon EC2 instance, or another custom origin. For information about using the CloudFront API to update a distribution, see [UpdateDistribution](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateDistribution.html) in the _Amazon CloudFront API Reference_. 
+The following procedure explains how to configure CloudFront to use HTTPS to communicate with an ELB load balancer, an Amazon EC2 instance, or another custom origin. For information about using the CloudFront API to update a distribution, see [UpdateDistribution](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateDistribution.html) in the _Amazon CloudFront API Reference_. 
@@ -84 +84 @@ You can use an SSL/TLS certificate from the following sources on your custom ori
-  * If your origin is an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer, you can use a certificate provided by AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). You also can use a certificate that is signed by a trusted third-party certificate authority and imported into ACM.
+  * If your origin is an ELB load balancer, you can use a certificate provided by AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). You also can use a certificate that is signed by a trusted third-party certificate authority and imported into ACM.
@@ -86 +86 @@ You can use an SSL/TLS certificate from the following sources on your custom ori
-  * For origins other than Elastic Load Balancing load balancers, you must use a certificate that is signed by a trusted third-party certificate authority (CA), for example, Comodo, DigiCert, or Symantec.
+  * For origins other than ELB load balancers, you must use a certificate that is signed by a trusted third-party certificate authority (CA), for example, Comodo, DigiCert, or Symantec.