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AWS ebs documentation change

Service: ebs · 2026-05-28 · Documentation low

File: ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-copying-volume.md

Summary

Clarified pricing language for volume cloning operations without changing technical meaning.

Security assessment

Pure billing clarification with no security implications. No references to encryption, access controls, or vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-copying-volume.md b/ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-copying-volume.md
index 908f9fde3..16310be38 100644
--- a//ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-copying-volume.md
+++ b//ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-copying-volume.md
@@ -82 +82 @@ Copies of encrypted volumes are automatically encrypted with the same KMS key as
-When you initiate a volume copy operation, you are charged a one-time fee per GiB of data blocks written to the volume copy. After the volume copy is created, it is charged the same way as any other Amazon EBS volume in your account. For more information, see [Amazon EBS pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/).
+When creating a clone of a source volume, you are charged for the clone operation. The clone operation charge is based on the size of the data blocks written to the source volume at the time of clone creation. The newly created volume is charged the same way as any other Amazon EBS volume. For more information, see [Amazon EBS pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/).