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AWS cli: Clarify DB cluster encryption key type description

Service: cli · 2026-10-21 · Documentation medium

File: cli/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-cluster.md · Type: encryption

Summary

Rewrites the Encrypted field description to distinguish AWS managed/owned keys from customer managed keys and directs users to StorageEncryptionType (sse-rds) to determine how data at rest is protected.

Security assessment

Clarifies encryption-at-rest semantics for DB clusters, noting that AWS owned key encryption yields Encrypted=false but data is still encrypted. Security-relevant documentation, no specific vulnerability addressed.

Evidence

>> Specifies whether the DB cluster is encrypted with an Amazon Web Services managed key or a customer managed key.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-cluster.md b/cli/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-cluster.md
index a6df750..853de2b 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-cluster.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-cluster.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.38.2 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.38.3 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -547 +547,3 @@ DBCluster -> (structure)
->> Indicates whether the DB cluster is encrypted.
+>> Specifies whether the DB cluster is encrypted with an Amazon Web Services managed key or a customer managed key.
+>> 
+>> If the DB cluster is encrypted with an Amazon Web Services owned key, this value is `false` and `StorageEncryptionType` is `sse-rds` . In that case, the data at rest is still encrypted. To determine how the data at rest is protected, use `StorageEncryptionType` .
@@ -1213 +1215 @@ DBCluster -> (structure)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.38.2 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.38.3 Command Reference](../../index.html) »