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AWS ec2 documentation change

Service: ec2 · 2026-06-16 · Documentation low

File: ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AllocateAddress_section.md

Summary

Updated terminology: replaced 'VPC' with 'virtual private network' and 'Amazon EC2' with 'virtual machines' in contextual links.

Security assessment

Changes are purely terminological updates with no security implications. No security features or vulnerabilities are referenced in the diff.

Diff

diff --git a/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AllocateAddress_section.md b/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AllocateAddress_section.md
index af54fe3d6..555bc9e53 100644
--- a//ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AllocateAddress_section.md
+++ b//ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AllocateAddress_section.md
@@ -15 +15 @@ Action examples are code excerpts from larger programs and must be run in contex
-  * [Create a basic VPC](./example_vpc_GettingStartedCLI_section.html)
+  * [Create a basic virtual private network](./example_vpc_GettingStartedCLI_section.html)
@@ -17 +17 @@ Action examples are code excerpts from larger programs and must be run in contex
-  * [Getting started with Amazon EC2](./example_ec2_GettingStarted_013_section.html)
+  * [Getting started with virtual machines](./example_ec2_GettingStarted_013_section.html)
@@ -19 +19 @@ Action examples are code excerpts from larger programs and must be run in contex
-  * [VPC with private servers](./example_vpc_GettingStartedPrivate_section.html)
+  * [Virtual private network with private servers](./example_vpc_GettingStartedPrivate_section.html)