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AWS IAM documentation change

Service: IAM · 2026-05-04 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_iam_GettingStarted_046_section.md

Summary

Added tagging commands for IAM policies and roles with project/tutorial metadata

Security assessment

Changes exclusively add resource tagging for categorization. No security configurations, permissions, or vulnerabilities are addressed. Tagging IAM resources doesn't modify security behavior or document security features.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_iam_GettingStarted_046_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_iam_GettingStarted_046_section.md
index 9a7bd4aea..e602601a4 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_iam_GettingStarted_046_section.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_iam_GettingStarted_046_section.md
@@ -419,0 +420,2 @@ There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and ru
+    aws iam tag-policy --policy-arn "$POLICY_ARN" \
+      --tags Key=project,Value=doc-smith Key=tutorial,Value=aws-systems-manager-gs
@@ -486,0 +489,2 @@ There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and ru
+    aws iam tag-role --role-name "$ROLE_NAME" \
+      --tags Key=project,Value=doc-smith Key=tutorial,Value=aws-systems-manager-gs