AWS kms documentation change

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

File: kms/latest/developerguide/mrk-how-it-works.md

Summary

Updated image descriptions and alt text for multi-Region key diagrams to clarify key ID formats and include ARN examples.

Security assessment

Changes are purely cosmetic/documentation clarity improvements for multi-Region key visuals. No security implications or security feature additions are present in the image description updates.

Diff

diff --git a/kms/latest/developerguide/mrk-how-it-works.md b/kms/latest/developerguide/mrk-how-it-works.md
index df5b04d02..c61b146b0 100644
--- a//kms/latest/developerguide/mrk-how-it-works.md
+++ b//kms/latest/developerguide/mrk-how-it-works.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ You can [create a multi-Region primary key](./create-primary-keys.html) in the A
-![Multi-Region primary key icon with red key symbol and sample key ID format.](/images/kms/latest/developerguide/images/multi-region-primary-key.png)
+![Key icon with multi-Region primary key label and example key ID starting with mrk- prefix.](/images/kms/latest/developerguide/images/multi-region-primary-key.png)
@@ -19 +19 @@ You can [create a multi-Region replica key](./multi-region-keys-replicate.html)
-![Diagram showing multi-Region primary and replica keys in US East and EU regions with key IDs.](/images/kms/latest/developerguide/images/multi-region-replica-key.png)
+![Multi-Region primary key in US East and replica key in EU West with KMS ARNs displayed.](/images/kms/latest/developerguide/images/multi-region-replica-key.png)