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title: Style Guide · Cloudflare Style Guide
description: Improve your contributions to Cloudflare's documentation. Ensure
  consistency, professionalism, and clarity in your content across all products.
lastUpdated: 2025-09-11T09:44:45.000Z
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Use this guide when writing any content for product, including the dashboard and documentation.

Understanding Cloudflare style is the first step in being able to write, review, and edit documentation. Adhering to Cloudflare style ensures consistency across the company's documentation and promotes the following benefits:

* A professional and reliable product image
* A seamless customer experience across Cloudflare products
* Minimized customer confusion
* Simplified translation process

To contribute to the documentation, visit the [contributor guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/contributions/).

## Available resources

* [Contributions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/contributions/)

* [API docs content strategy](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/)

  * [Guidelines for cURL commands](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/guidelines-for-curl-commands/)

  * [Method types & common verbs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/method-types-and-command-verbs/)

  * [API content types](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/)

    * [Resources](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/resources/)
    * [Deprecated APIs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/deprecated-apis/)
    * [Get started - API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/get-started-api/)
    * [Endpoints](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/endpoints/)
    * [Parameters](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/parameters/)

* [Components](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/)

  * [Anchor heading](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/anchor-heading/)
  * [API request](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/api-request/)
  * [Asides](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/asides/)
  * [Available notifications](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/available-notifications/)
  * [Badges](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/badges/)
  * [Buttons](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/buttons/)
  * [Cards](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/cards/)
  * [Checkbox](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/checkbox/)
  * [Code blocks](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/code/)
  * [Compatibility flag](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/compatibility-flag/)
  * [CURL](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/curl/)
  * [DashButton](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/dash-button/)
  * [Descriptions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/description/)
  * [Details](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/details/)
  * [Directory listing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/directory-listing/)
  * [Example](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/example/)
  * [External resources](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/external-resources/)
  * [Feature](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/feature/)
  * [Feature table](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/feature-table/)
  * [File tree](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/file-tree/)
  * [Flex container](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/flex/)
  * [Footnotes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/footnotes/)
  * [GitHubCode](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/github-code/)
  * [Glossary](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary/)
  * [Glossary definition](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary-definition/)
  * [Glossary tooltip](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary-tooltip/)
  * [Icons](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/icons/)
  * [Inline badge](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/inline-badge/)
  * [Last reviewed](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/last-reviewed/)
  * [Link cards](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/link-cards/)
  * [List tutorials](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/list-tutorials/)
  * [Markdown](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/markdown/)
  * [Mermaid](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/mermaid/)
  * [Package Managers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/package-managers/)
  * [Pages build preset](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/pages-build-preset/)
  * [Plan](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/plan/)
  * [Product changelog](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/product-changelog/)
  * [Product features](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/product-features/)
  * [Public stats](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/public-stats/)
  * [Related product](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/related-product/)
  * [Render](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/render/)
  * [Resources by selector](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/resources-by-selector/)
  * [RSSButton](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/rss-button/)
  * [Rule ID](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/rule-id/)
  * [Spotlight author details](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/spotlight-author-details/)
  * [Steps](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/steps/)
  * [Stream](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/stream/)
  * [Subtract IP calculator](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/subtract-ip-calculator/)
  * [Tabs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/tabs/)
  * [Type highlighting](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/type-highlighting/)
  * [TypeScript example](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/typescript-example/)
  * [Usage](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/usage/)
  * [Width](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/width/)
  * [Workers Templates](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/workers-templates/)
  * [WranglerCLI](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/wrangler-cli/)
  * [WranglerCommand](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/wrangler-command/)
  * [WranglerConfig](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/wrangler-config/)
  * [WranglerNamespace](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/wrangler-namespace/)
  * [YouTube](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/youtube/)
  * [YouTube Videos](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/youtube-videos/)

* [Fixtures](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/fixtures/)
  * [Markdown](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/fixtures/markdown/)

* [Grammar](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/)

  * [Parts of speech](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/)

    * [Abbreviations](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/abbreviations/)
    * [Acronyms](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/acronyms/)
    * [Anthropomorphisms](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/anthropomorphisms/)
    * [Capitalization](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/capitalization/)
    * [Compound words](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/compound-words/)
    * [Contractions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/contractions/)
    * [Nouns and pronouns](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/nouns-and-pronouns/)
    * [Possessives](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/possessives/)
    * [Prepositions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/prepositions/)
    * [Slang](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/slang/)

  * [Punctuation marks and symbols](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/)

    * [Ampersands](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/ampersands/)
    * [Colons](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/colons/)
    * [Commas](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/commas/)
    * [Dashes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/dashes/)
    * [Exclamation points](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/exclamation-points/)
    * [Percentages](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/percentages/)
    * [Periods](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/periods/)
    * [Quotation marks](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/quotation-marks/)
    * [Semicolons](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/semicolons/)

* [Formatting](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/)

  * [Code block guidelines](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/code-block-guidelines/)

  * [Code conventions and format](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/code-conventions-and-format/)

  * [Dates and times](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/dates-and-times/)

  * [Example values](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/example-values/)

  * [External references](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/external-references/)

  * [File types and extensions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/file-types-and-extensions/)

  * [Footnotes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/footnotes/)

  * [Keyboard keys](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/keyboard-keys/)

  * [Notes and other notation types](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/notes-and-other-notation-types/)

  * [Numbers and units of measurement](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/numbers-and-units-of-measurement/)

  * [Product name and pluralization](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/product-name-and-pluralization/)

  * [UI elements](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/ui-elements/)

  * [URLs and domain names](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/urls-and-domain-names/)

  * [Structure](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/)

    * [Links](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/links/)
    * [Lists](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/lists/)
    * [Paragraphs and line breaks](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/paragraphs-and-line-breaks/)
    * [Sentence structure](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/sentence-structure/)
    * [Tables](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/tables/)

* [Video](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/video/)

* [Frontmatter](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/)

  * [Banner](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/banner/)
  * [Sidebar](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/sidebar/)
  * [Tags](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/tags/)
  * [Custom properties](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/custom-properties/)

* [Product docs content strategy](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/)

  * [File conventions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/file-conventions/)

  * [Component attributes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/)

    * [Context](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/)
    * [Diagrams](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/)
    * [Dynamic lists](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/dynamic-lists/)
    * [Examples](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)
    * [Glossary entry](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/glossary-entry/)
    * [Intended audience](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/intended-audience/)
    * [Introduction](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/introduction/)
    * [Last updated](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/last-updated/)
    * [Links](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/)
    * [Mathematical operations](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/mathematical-operations/)
    * [Product descriptions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/product-descriptions/)
    * [Next steps](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/next-steps/)
    * [Notes/tips/warnings](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)
    * [Prerequisites](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/)
    * [Reference diagram](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/reference-diagram/)
    * [Screenshots](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/screenshots/)
    * [Steps/tasks/procedures](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/)
    * [Tables](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/tables/)
    * [Titles](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/)

  * [Content types](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/)

    * [3rd-party integration guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/3rd-party-integration-guide/)
    * [Changelog](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/)
    * [Concept](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/)
    * [Configuration](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/)
    * [Design guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/design-guide/)
    * [FAQ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/)
    * [Get started](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/)
    * [How to](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/)
    * [Implementation guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/implementation-guide/)
    * [Navigation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/navigation/)
    * [Overview](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/)
    * [Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/)
    * [Reference architecture](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture/)
    * [Reference architecture diagram](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture-diagram/)
    * [How to select a content type](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/select-content-type/)
    * [Troubleshooting](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/troubleshooting/)
    * [Tutorial](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)

  * [Information architecture](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/information-architecture/)

* [How we docs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/)

  * [AI consumability](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/ai-consumability/)
  * [Content reviews](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/reviews/)
  * [Image maintenance](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/image-maintenance/)
  * [Links](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/links/)
  * [Metadata](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/metadata/)
  * [Our site](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/our-site/)
  * [Redirects](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/how-we-docs/redirects/)
