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AWS AmazonCloudFront documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudFront · 2026-01-25 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cnames-and-https-requirements.md

Summary

Replaced 'ELB' with 'Elastic Load Balancing' in HTTPS certificate requirements section

Security assessment

Terminology update without changes to HTTPS implementation or certificate security requirements. No evidence of security vulnerability fixes.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cnames-and-https-requirements.md b/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cnames-and-https-requirements.md
index b43600668..f42031cb5 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cnames-and-https-requirements.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cnames-and-https-requirements.md
@@ -63 +63 @@ To use a certificate in AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to require HTTPS between v
-If you want to require HTTPS between CloudFront and your origin, and you’re using a load balancer in ELB as your origin, you can request or import the certificate in any AWS Region.
+If you want to require HTTPS between CloudFront and your origin, and you’re using a load balancer in Elastic Load Balancing as your origin, you can request or import the certificate in any AWS Region.