diff --git a/.changes/next-release/feature-AmazonRoute53-b9c0b87.json b/.changes/next-release/feature-AmazonRoute53-b9c0b87.json
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+++ b/.changes/next-release/feature-AmazonRoute53-b9c0b87.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "type": "feature",
+    "category": "Amazon Route 53",
+    "description": "Documentation updates for Route 53"
+}
diff --git a/services/route53/src/main/resources/codegen-resources/service-2.json b/services/route53/src/main/resources/codegen-resources/service-2.json
index 38313f8d315a..2b176f8216a7 100644
--- a/services/route53/src/main/resources/codegen-resources/service-2.json
+++ b/services/route53/src/main/resources/codegen-resources/service-2.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         {"shape":"LimitsExceeded"},
         {"shape":"PriorRequestNotComplete"}
       ],
-      "documentation":"<p>Associates an Amazon VPC with a private hosted zone. </p> <note> <p>To perform the association, the VPC and the private hosted zone must already exist. Also, you can't convert a public hosted zone into a private hosted zone.</p> </note> <p>If you want to associate a VPC that was created by one AWS account with a private hosted zone that was created by a different account, do one of the following:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Use the AWS account that created the private hosted zone to submit a <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_CreateVPCAssociationAuthorization.html\">CreateVPCAssociationAuthorization</a> request. Then use the account that created the VPC to submit an <code>AssociateVPCWithHostedZone</code> request.</p> </li> <li> <p>If a subnet in the VPC was shared with another account, you can use the account that the subnet was shared with to submit an <code>AssociateVPCWithHostedZone</code> request. For more information about sharing subnets, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-sharing.html\">Working with Shared VPCs</a>.</p> </li> </ul>"
+      "documentation":"<p>Associates an Amazon VPC with a private hosted zone. </p> <important> <p>To perform the association, the VPC and the private hosted zone must already exist. You can't convert a public hosted zone into a private hosted zone.</p> </important> <note> <p>If you want to associate a VPC that was created by using one AWS account with a private hosted zone that was created by using a different account, the AWS account that created the private hosted zone must first submit a <code>CreateVPCAssociationAuthorization</code> request. Then the account that created the VPC must submit an <code>AssociateVPCWithHostedZone</code> request.</p> </note>"
     },
     "ChangeResourceRecordSets":{
       "name":"ChangeResourceRecordSets",
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
         {"shape":"TrafficPolicyInUse"},
         {"shape":"ConcurrentModification"}
       ],
-      "documentation":"<p>Deletes a traffic policy.</p>"
+      "documentation":"<p>Deletes a traffic policy.</p> <p>When you delete a traffic policy, Route 53 sets a flag on the policy to indicate that it has been deleted. However, Route 53 never fully deletes the traffic policy. Note the following:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Deleted traffic policies aren't listed if you run <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_ListTrafficPolicies.html\">ListTrafficPolicies</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p> There's no way to get a list of deleted policies.</p> </li> <li> <p>If you retain the ID of the policy, you can get information about the policy, including the traffic policy document, by running <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_GetTrafficPolicy.html\">GetTrafficPolicy</a>.</p> </li> </ul>"
     },
     "DeleteTrafficPolicyInstance":{
       "name":"DeleteTrafficPolicyInstance",
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
         {"shape":"NoSuchTrafficPolicy"},
         {"shape":"InvalidInput"}
       ],
-      "documentation":"<p>Gets information about a specific traffic policy version.</p>"
+      "documentation":"<p>Gets information about a specific traffic policy version.</p> <p>For information about how of deleting a traffic policy affects the response from <code>GetTrafficPolicy</code>, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteTrafficPolicy.html\">DeleteTrafficPolicy</a>. </p>"
     },
     "GetTrafficPolicyInstance":{
       "name":"GetTrafficPolicyInstance",
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
       "errors":[
         {"shape":"InvalidInput"}
       ],
-      "documentation":"<p>Gets information about the latest version for every traffic policy that is associated with the current AWS account. Policies are listed in the order that they were created in. </p>"
+      "documentation":"<p>Gets information about the latest version for every traffic policy that is associated with the current AWS account. Policies are listed in the order that they were created in. </p> <p>For information about how of deleting a traffic policy affects the response from <code>ListTrafficPolicies</code>, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteTrafficPolicy.html\">DeleteTrafficPolicy</a>. </p>"
     },
     "ListTrafficPolicyInstances":{
       "name":"ListTrafficPolicyInstances",
@@ -3323,7 +3323,7 @@
         },
         "MaxItems":{
           "shape":"PageMaxItems",
-          "documentation":"<p>(Optional) The maximum number of hosted zones that you want Amazon Route 53 to return. If the specified VPC is associated with more than <code>MaxItems</code> hosted zones, the response includes a <code>NextToken</code> element. <code>NextToken</code> contains the hosted zone ID of the first hosted zone that Route 53 will return if you submit another request.</p>",
+          "documentation":"<p>(Optional) The maximum number of hosted zones that you want Amazon Route 53 to return. If the specified VPC is associated with more than <code>MaxItems</code> hosted zones, the response includes a <code>NextToken</code> element. <code>NextToken</code> contains an encrypted token that identifies the first hosted zone that Route 53 will return if you submit another request.</p>",
           "location":"querystring",
           "locationName":"maxitems"
         },