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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-01-16 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster.md

Summary

Updated ARN references with '<shared id="region.arn"/>' placeholder in IAM policy attachment and kubectl output examples

Security assessment

Changes are cosmetic updates to ARN formatting in CLI examples. No security-related content is modified or added.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster.md b/eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster.md
index 0a8f909a5..9ee4b2dbe 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster.md
@@ -63 +63 @@ Attach the Amazon EKS managed policy named [AmazonEKSClusterPolicy](https://docs
-        aws iam attach-role-policy --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy --role-name myAmazonEKSClusterRole
+         aws iam attach-role-policy --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy --role-name myAmazonEKSClusterRole
@@ -277 +277 @@ Whether you choose any security groups or not, Amazon EKS creates a security gro
-           --role-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/myAmazonEKSClusterRole \
+           --role-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/myAmazonEKSClusterRole \
@@ -329 +329 @@ An example output is as follows.
-        Added new context arn:aws:eks:region-code:111122223333:cluster/my-cluster to /home/username/.kube/config
+         Added new context <shared id="region.arn"/>eks:region-code:111122223333:cluster/my-cluster to /home/username/.kube/config