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AWS documentdb documentation change

Service: documentdb · 2026-05-22 · Documentation low

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/security.encryption.ssl.md

Summary

Updated 'tls' parameter documentation to specify version differences between DocumentDB 5.0 and 8.0

Security assessment

Refines security documentation for TLS configuration. No indication of patching a vulnerability; improves clarity of existing security feature.

Diff

diff --git a/documentdb/latest/developerguide/security.encryption.ssl.md b/documentdb/latest/developerguide/security.encryption.ssl.md
index ab37d3c25..32f9fbfab 100644
--- a//documentdb/latest/developerguide/security.encryption.ssl.md
+++ b//documentdb/latest/developerguide/security.encryption.ssl.md
@@ -82 +82 @@ Valid values are:
-       * **enabled** — Enables TLS versions 1.0 through 1.3, but we recommend TLS 1.2 or higher.
+       * **enabled** — Enables TLS. For Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 and earlier, this enables TLS 1.0 through 1.3. For Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 and later, the minimum supported version is TLS 1.2.
@@ -198 +198 @@ If the value of `tls` is not what it needs to be, modify its value for this clus
-         * `enabled` — The cluster accepts secure connections using TLS version 1.0 through 1.3.
+         * `enabled` — The cluster accepts secure connections using TLS. For Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 and earlier, this enables TLS 1.0 through 1.3. For Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 and later, the minimum supported version is TLS 1.2.
@@ -220 +220 @@ The following code _disables_ `tls`, applying the change to each instance when i
-The following code _enables_ `tls` (version 1.0 through 1.3) applying the change to each instance when it is rebooted.
+The following code _enables_ `tls`, applying the change to each instance when it is rebooted.