# The CloudFormation Template Reference Guide
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Detailed information about the resources and components available for creating CloudFormation templates can now be found in the [CloudFormation Template Reference Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/introduction.html). This guide serves as a technical reference for templates and complements the getting started content in the CloudFormation User Guide. 

The *CloudFormation Template Reference Guide* provides details about:
+ Resource types and their properties
+ `DeletionPolicy` and other resource-level attributes
+ Intrinsic functions, such as `Ref` and `Sub`
+ Transforms (CloudFormation macros)
+ Helper scripts for EC2 instance configuration
+ Machine-readable resource type definitions

This guide is regularly updated to reflect:
+ New resource types
+ Property changes
+ New return values
+ Documentation updates