Does AWS use CLI SSL when loading data into S3?

Question

Does regular AWS CLI use SSL by default when transferring data to S3 with the following command?

aws s3 cp source to destination 

Answer 1

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS.

AWS CLI Command Reference

Answer 2

I just tried to run:

 > aws s3 ls 

and wireshark reports that the TLSv1.2 response protocol was used. Yes, it looks like it uses SSL even for simple commands like ls.