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AWS controltower: Fix documentation links for S3, OU, and CloudFormation

Service: controltower · 2026-08-19 · Documentation low

File: controltower/latest/userguide/cfct-manifest-file-resources-section.md

Summary

Corrected URLs for S3 bucket policies, Root OU, and CloudFormation Outputs references.

Security assessment

Fixes broken links to resource configuration docs without introducing security content.

Evidence

-You'll replace the `AccountId` variable shown in the example with the AWS account ID for the management account that is deploying CfCT. For more examples, refer to [Bucket policy examples](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/example-bucket-policies.html) in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.

Diff

diff --git a/controltower/latest/userguide/cfct-manifest-file-resources-section.md b/controltower/latest/userguide/cfct-manifest-file-resources-section.md
index 7f0a69d36..dbd774e27 100644
--- a//controltower/latest/userguide/cfct-manifest-file-resources-section.md
+++ b//controltower/latest/userguide/cfct-manifest-file-resources-section.md
@@ -105 +105 @@ If you provide an Amazon S3 URL, verify that the bucket policy allows read acces
-You'll replace the `AccountId` variable shown in the example with the AWS account ID for the management account that is deploying CfCT. For more examples, refer to [Bucket policy examples](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/example-bucket-policies.html) in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.
+You'll replace the `AccountId` variable shown in the example with the AWS account ID for the management account that is deploying CfCT. For more examples, refer to [Bucket policy examples](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/example-bucket-policies.html) in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.
@@ -174 +174 @@ If you want to deploy an SCP or RCP, the target must be an OU, not an account.
-The organization’s management account ID is not an allowed value. CfCT does not support deploying stack instances into the organization’s management account, by default. If you have a special use case, see [Root OU](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//controltower/latest/userguide/cfct-root-ou.html).
+The organization’s management account ID is not an allowed value. CfCT does not support deploying stack instances into the organization’s management account, by default. If you have a special use case, see [Root OU](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/controltower/latest/userguide/cfct-root-ou.html).
@@ -188 +188 @@ The organization’s management account ID is not an allowed value. CfCT does no
-  * **Valid Values:** Any string or the `$[output_`CfnOutput-Logical-ID`]` variable where `CfnOutput-Logical-ID` corresponds to the template output variable. For more information about the Outputs section in an CloudFormation template, see [**Outputs**](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/outputs-section-structure.html) in the _CloudFormation User Guide_.
+  * **Valid Values:** Any string or the `$[output_`CfnOutput-Logical-ID`]` variable where `CfnOutput-Logical-ID` corresponds to the template output variable. For more information about the Outputs section in an CloudFormation template, see [**Outputs**](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/outputs-section-structure.html) in the _CloudFormation User Guide_.