diff --git a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/connect-to-API/index.mdx b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/connect-to-API/index.mdx
index 2f3ff476064..2dd7144163b 100644
--- a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/connect-to-API/index.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/connect-to-API/index.mdx
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ import { generateClient } from 'aws-amplify/data';
 import type { Schema } from '../amplify/data/resource'; // Path to your backend resource definition
 
 const client = generateClient<Schema>({
-  authMode: 'iam',
+  authMode: 'identityPool',
 });
 ```
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ const { data: todos, errors } = await client.models.Todo.list({
 
 ```ts
 const { data: todos, errors } = await client.models.Todo.list({
-  authMode: 'iam',
+  authMode: 'identityPool',
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/grant-lambda-function-access-to-api/index.mdx b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/grant-lambda-function-access-to-api/index.mdx
index fe27464ab15..89040f9bd96 100644
--- a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/grant-lambda-function-access-to-api/index.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/grant-lambda-function-access-to-api/index.mdx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Amplify.configure(
       GraphQL: {
         endpoint: env.<amplifyData>_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT, // replace with your defineData name
         region: env.AWS_REGION,
-        defaultAuthMode: 'iam',
+        defaultAuthMode: 'identityPool',
         modelIntrospection: modelIntrospection as never
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/index.mdx b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/index.mdx
index e5f3bd5a188..3776718b735 100644
--- a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/index.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/index.mdx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const { data: newPostResult , errors } = await client.models.Post.create({
 // Listing posts is available to unauthenticated users (verified by Amazon Cognito identity pool's unauthenticated role)
 const { data: listPostsResult , errors } = await client.models.Post.list({
 	query: queries.listPosts,
-	authMode: 'iam',
+	authMode: 'identityPool',
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/public-data-access/index.mdx b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/public-data-access/index.mdx
index aa1f6aa4a1e..504a46dc68d 100644
--- a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/public-data-access/index.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/public-data-access/index.mdx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ const { errors, data: newTodo } = await client.models.Todo.create(
   },
   // highlight-start
   {
-    authMode: 'iam',
+    authMode: 'identityPool',
   }
   // highlight-end
 );
diff --git a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/signed-in-user-data-access/index.mdx b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/signed-in-user-data-access/index.mdx
index 715ed2ae9f2..73d0263b314 100644
--- a/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/signed-in-user-data-access/index.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/gen2/build-a-backend/data/customize-authz/signed-in-user-data-access/index.mdx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const schema = a.schema({
     .model({
       content: a.string(),
     })
-    .authorization(allow => [allow.authenticated('iam')]),
+    .authorization(allow => [allow.authenticated('identityPool')]),
 });
 ```
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const { errors, data: newTodo } = await client.models.Todo.create(
   },
   // highlight-start
   {
-    authMode: 'iam',
+    authMode: 'identityPool',
   }
   // highlight-end
 );