Add role feature to changelog

nicbotes · Oct 20, 2015 · cba353f · cba353f
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+Next Release (TBD)
+==================
+
+* feature:Assume Role: Add ``role_session_name`` config variable
+  to control the ``RoleSessionName`` when assuming roles
+  (`issue 1389 <https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/pull/1389>`__)
+
 1.8.13
 ======
 

diff --git a/awscli/topics/config-vars.rst b/awscli/topics/config-vars.rst
@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@ in the AWS CLI config file:
   authentication. The value is either the serial number for a hardware device
   (such as GAHT12345678) or an Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for a virtual device
   (such as arn:aws:iam::123456789012:mfa/user).
-* ``role_session_name`` - The name applied to this assume-role session. This 
-  value affects the assumed role user ARN  (such as 
+* ``role_session_name`` - The name applied to this assume-role session. This
+  value affects the assumed role user ARN  (such as
   arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/role_name/role_session_name). This
-  maps to the ``RoleSessionName`` parameter in the ``AssumeRole`` operation. 
-  This is an optional parameter.
+  maps to the ``RoleSessionName`` parameter in the ``AssumeRole`` operation.
+  This is an optional parameter.  If you do not provide this value, a
+  session name will be automatically generated.
 
 If you do not have MFA authentication required, then you only need to specify a
 ``role_arn`` and a ``source_profile``.