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AWS res documentation change

Service: res · 2026-06-22 · Documentation low

File: res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/acm-certificate.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'AWS GovCloud (US-West)' to 'GovCloud Region' for consistency across documentation

Security assessment

The change only standardizes regional naming conventions without introducing, modifying, or addressing any security mechanisms, vulnerabilities, or features. No security implications are present.

Diff

diff --git a/res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/acm-certificate.md b/res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/acm-certificate.md
index bd0efb21c..45275849e 100644
--- a//res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/acm-certificate.md
+++ b//res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/acm-certificate.md
@@ -17 +17 @@ If you are deploying the external resources demo package, you will need to enter
-  1. From the console, open [AWS Certificate Manager](https://console.aws.amazon.com/acm/home#/certificates/request) to request a public certificate. If you are deploying in AWS GovCloud (US-West), create the certificate in your GovCloud partition account.
+  1. From the console, open [AWS Certificate Manager](https://console.aws.amazon.com/acm/home#/certificates/request) to request a public certificate. If you are deploying in a GovCloud Region, create the certificate in your GovCloud partition account.
@@ -41 +41 @@ From the **Certificate details** for each requested certificate, choose **Create
-If you are deploying in AWS GovCloud (US-West), copy the CNAME key and value. From the commercial partition account, use the values to create a new record in the Public Hosted Zone. The status of the certificate should change to **Issued**.
+If you are deploying in a GovCloud region, copy the CNAME key and value. From the commercial partition account, use the values to create a new record in the Public Hosted Zone. The status of the certificate should change to **Issued**.