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AWS guardduty documentation change

Service: guardduty · 2026-04-25 · Documentation low

File: guardduty/latest/ug/usage-cost-malware-protection-s3-gdu.md

Summary

Updated Free Tier terminology and clarified that usage costs start when exceeding Free Tier limits, removing reference to 12-month plan ending

Security assessment

This change updates billing terminology to align with other documentation changes, removing specific references to a 12-month Free Tier plan. It does not address security vulnerabilities or add security documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/usage-cost-malware-protection-s3-gdu.md b/guardduty/latest/ug/usage-cost-malware-protection-s3-gdu.md
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+++ b//guardduty/latest/ug/usage-cost-malware-protection-s3-gdu.md
@@ -9 +9 @@
-Your account starts incurring usage cost when you use Malware Protection for S3 beyond the specific limit under the Free Tier plan, or when your account's 12-month Free Tier plan ends. For information about the Free Tier plan, see [Pricing and usage cost for Malware Protection for S3](./pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.html). Note that the free tier plan does not apply to Malware Protection for S3 on-demand object scanning.
+Your account starts incurring usage cost when you use Malware Protection for S3 beyond the specific limit under the Free Tier. For information about the Free Tier, see [Pricing and usage cost for Malware Protection for S3](./pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.html). Note that the Free Tier does not apply to Malware Protection for S3 on-demand object scanning.