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AWS govcloud-us documentation change

Service: govcloud-us · 2026-06-04 · Documentation low

File: govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-ec2.md

Summary

Updated section headers, feature descriptions, and terminology for EC2 documentation, including changes to VM Import/Export and feature availability statements.

Security assessment

Changes involve terminology updates (e.g., 'not supported' → 'not available'), header simplifications, and non-security feature clarifications. The AMI encryption certificate reference remains unchanged but doesn't introduce new security documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-ec2.md b/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-ec2.md
index c40218f16..72ff635b1 100644
--- a//govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-ec2.md
+++ b//govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-ec2.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-How Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud differs for AWS GovCloud (US)How VM Import/Export Differs for AWS GovCloud (US)Determining if your account has a default VPCDocumentation for Amazon EC2Export-controlled content
+How Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud differsHow VM Import/Export differsDetermining if your account has a default VPCDocumentationExport-controlled content
@@ -13 +13 @@ Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizea
-## How Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud differs for AWS GovCloud (US)
+## How Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud differs
@@ -15 +15 @@ Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizea
-The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the following ways:
+The following differences apply to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud:
@@ -30 +30 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * Reserved Instance resale is not supported.
+  * Reserved Instance resale is not available.
@@ -32 +32 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * Savings Plans can’t be purchased from AWS GovCloud (US) accounts, but can be purchased in any standard account and applied to usage in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.
+  * Savings Plans can’t be purchased from AWS GovCloud (US) accounts, but can be purchased in any standard account and applied to usage.
@@ -34 +34 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * Spot Instance data feed is not supported.
+  * Spot Instance data feed is not available.
@@ -49 +49 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * When using the [Amazon EC2 AMI tools](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/set-up-ami-tools.html), AWS GovCloud (US) Regions uses a non-default public key certificate to encrypt AMI manifests. The [ec2-bundle-image](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-bundle-image.html), [ec2-bundle-vol](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-bundle-vol.html), [ec2-migrate-bundle](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-migrate-bundle.html), and [ec2-migrate-manifest](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-migrate-manifest.html) commands require the `--ec2cert $EC2_AMITOOL_HOME/etc/ec2/amitools/cert-ec2-gov.pem` option in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.
+  * When using the [Amazon EC2 AMI tools](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/set-up-ami-tools.html), AWS GovCloud (US) Regions uses a non-default public key certificate to encrypt AMI manifests. The [ec2-bundle-image](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-bundle-image.html), [ec2-bundle-vol](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-bundle-vol.html), [ec2-migrate-bundle](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-migrate-bundle.html), and [ec2-migrate-manifest](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/CLTRG-ami-migrate-manifest.html) commands require the `--ec2cert $EC2_AMITOOL_HOME/etc/ec2/amitools/cert-ec2-gov.pem` option.
@@ -51 +51 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * The `lastLaunchedTime` AMI attribute is not supported.
+  * The `lastLaunchedTime` AMI attribute is not available.
@@ -58 +58 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * The get-console-screenshot CLI command is not supported.
+  * The get-console-screenshot CLI command is not available.
@@ -60 +60 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * Get instance screenshot is not supported.
+  * Get instance screenshot is not available.
@@ -62 +62 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-  * On-Demand Instance hibernation is not supported.
+  * On-Demand Instance hibernation is not available.
@@ -103 +103 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-## How VM Import/Export Differs for AWS GovCloud (US)
+## How VM Import/Export differs
@@ -105 +105 @@ The implementation of Amazon EC2 is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the follo
-VM Import/Export is different for AWS GovCloud (US) in the following ways:
+The following differences apply to VM Import/Export:
@@ -134 +134 @@ If your account doesn’t have a default VPC but you want a default VPC, you can
-## Documentation for Amazon EC2
+## Documentation