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AWS secretsmanager documentation change

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

File: secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md

Summary

Added documentation for creating partner secrets and adjusted step numbering. Fixed URL formatting in CLI references.

Security assessment

The change introduces documentation for managing external partner secrets, which is a security feature. However, there is no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability. The existing warning about tags not being encrypted remains unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md b/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md
index 9ebe712fd..a534183d0 100644
--- a//secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md
+++ b//secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.md
@@ -70,0 +71,2 @@ Enter as plaintext:
+       * To store a managed external secrets from an Secrets Manager partner, choose **Partner secret**. Then choose the partner and provide the details that identify the secret for the partner. For details, see [Using AWS Secrets Manager managed external secrets to manage Third Party secrets](./managed-external-secrets.html).
+
@@ -85 +87,3 @@ You must have [Permissions for the KMS key](./security-encryption.html#security-
-    2. (Optional) In the **Tags** section, add tags to your secret. For tagging strategies, see [Tagging secrets in AWS Secrets Manager](./managing-secrets_tagging.html). Don't store sensitive information in tags because they aren't encrypted.
+    2. (Optional) If you are created an external secret, enter the metadata required by the Secrets Manager partner that holds the secret.
+
+    3. (Optional) In the **Tags** section, add tags to your secret. For tagging strategies, see [Tagging secrets in AWS Secrets Manager](./managing-secrets_tagging.html). Don't store sensitive information in tags because they aren't encrypted.
@@ -87 +91 @@ You must have [Permissions for the KMS key](./security-encryption.html#security-
-    3. (Optional) In **Resource permissions** , to add a resource policy to your secret, choose **Edit permissions**. For more information, see [Resource-based policies](./auth-and-access_resource-policies.html).
+    4. (Optional) In **Resource permissions** , to add a resource policy to your secret, choose **Edit permissions**. For more information, see [Resource-based policies](./auth-and-access_resource-policies.html).
@@ -89 +93 @@ You must have [Permissions for the KMS key](./security-encryption.html#security-
-    4. (Optional) In **Replicate secret** , to replicate your secret to another AWS Region, choose **Replicate secret**. You can replicate your secret now or come back and replicate it later. For more information, see [Multi-region replication](./replicate-secrets.html).
+    5. (Optional) In **Replicate secret** , to replicate your secret to another AWS Region, choose **Replicate secret**. You can replicate your secret now or come back and replicate it later. For more information, see [Multi-region replication](./replicate-secrets.html).
@@ -91 +95 @@ You must have [Permissions for the KMS key](./security-encryption.html#security-
-    5. Choose **Next**.
+    6. Choose **Next**.
@@ -108 +112 @@ When you enter commands in a command shell, there is a risk of the command histo
-The following [`create-secret`](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/secretsmanager/create-secret.html) example creates a secret from credentials in a file. For more information, see [Loading AWS CLI parameters from a file](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-parameters-file.html) in the AWS CLI User Guide.
+The following [`create-secret`](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/secretsmanager/create-secret.html) example creates a secret from credentials in a file. For more information, see [Loading AWS CLI parameters from a file](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-parameters-file.html) in the AWS CLI User Guide.
@@ -141 +145 @@ The following [`create-secret`](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/ap
-The following [`create-secret`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/secretsmanager/create-secret.html) example creates a secret with two tags.
+The following [`create-secret`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//cli/latest/reference/secretsmanager/create-secret.html) example creates a secret with two tags.