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AWS IAM documentation change

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

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/id.md

Summary

Updated link text for 'Identity providers and federation' to 'Identity providers and federation into AWS' and fixed URL formatting for security best practices link

Security assessment

Changes involve link text updates and URL formatting corrections. While referencing security best practices, there's no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability or adding new security content.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id.md
index b96808ead..053c57439 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id.md
@@ -11 +11 @@ An IAM identity can be associated with one or more policies, which determine wha
-You can federate existing identities from an external identity provider. These identities will assume IAM roles to access AWS resources. For more information, see [Identity providers and federation](./id_roles_providers.html).
+You can federate existing identities from an external identity provider. These identities will assume IAM roles to access AWS resources. For more information, see [Identity providers and federation into AWS](./id_roles_providers.html).
@@ -19 +19 @@ The AWS account root user is an AWS account principal that is created when your
-  * Follow the [Security best practices in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices-use-cases.html) when working with IAM identities. 
+  * Follow the [Security best practices in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices-use-cases.html) when working with IAM identities.