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@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ Review the argument reference that you can specify for your resource.
- `service_endpoints` - (Required, String) Specify whether you want to enable the public, private, or both service endpoints. Supported values are `public`, `private`, or `public-and-private`.
- `tags` (Optional, Array of Strings) A list of tags that you want to add to your instance.
- `version` - (Optional, Forces new resource, String) The version of the database to be provisioned. If omitted, the database is created with the most recent major and minor version.
-- `deletion_protection` - (Optional, Boolean) If the DB instance should have deletion protection enabled. The database can't be deleted when this value is set to `true`. The default is `false`.
+- `deletion_protection` - (Optional, Boolean) If the DB instance should have deletion protection within terraform enabled. This is not a property of the resource and does not prevent deletion outside of terraform. The database can't be deleted by terraform when this value is set to `true`. The default is `false`.
- `users` - (Optional, List of Objects) A list of users that you want to create on the database. Multiple blocks are allowed.
Nested scheme for `users`: