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aws-ec2 auth: fix docs (#2375)

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@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ familiar with instance metadata, details can be found
One piece of "dynamic metadata" available to the EC2 instance, is the instance
identity document, a JSON representation of a collection of instance metadata.
Importantly, AWS also provides a copy of this metadata in PKCS#7 format signed
with its public key, and publishes the public keys used (which are grouped by
region). (Details on the instance identity document and the signature can be
AWS also provides PKCS#7 signature of the instance metadata document, and
publishes the public keys (grouped by region) which can be used to verify the
signature. Details on the instance identity document and the signature can be
found
[here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-identity-documents.html).)
[here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-identity-documents.html).
During login, the backend verifies the signature on the PKCS#7 document,
ensuring that the information contained within, is certified accurate by AWS.