Update aws-ec2.html.md

clarify, and make more explicit, the language around the default AWS public certificate
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### Varying Public Certificates ### Varying Public Certificates
The AWS public certificate which contains the public key used to verify the The AWS public certificate, which contains the public key used to verify the
PKCS#7 signature varies for groups of regions. The default public certificate PKCS#7 signature, varies for different AWS regions. The primary AWS public
provided with the backend is applicable for many regions. Instances whose PKCS#7 certificate, which covers most AWS regions, is already included in Vault and
signatures cannot be verified by the default public certificate, can register a does not need to be added. Instances whose PKCS#7 signatures cannot be
verified by the default public certificate included in Vault, can register a
different public certificate which can be found [here] different public certificate which can be found [here]
(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-identity-documents.html), (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-identity-documents.html),
via the `auth/aws-ec2/config/certificate/<cert_name>` endpoint. via the `auth/aws-ec2/config/certificate/<cert_name>` endpoint.