**To get information about a change set** The following ``describe-change-set`` example displays the details of the change set specified by change set name and stack name. :: aws cloudformation describe-change-set \ --change-set-name my-change-set \ --stack-name my-stack The following ``describe-change-set`` example displays the details of the change set specified by the full ARN of the change set:: aws cloudformation describe-change-set \ --change-set-name arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:changeSet/my-change-set/bc9555ba-a949-xmpl-bfb8-f41d04ec5784 Output:: { "Changes": [ { "Type": "Resource", "ResourceChange": { "Action": "Modify", "LogicalResourceId": "function", "PhysicalResourceId": "my-function-SEZV4XMPL4S5", "ResourceType": "AWS::Lambda::Function", "Replacement": "False", "Scope": [ "Properties" ], "Details": [ { "Target": { "Attribute": "Properties", "Name": "Timeout", "RequiresRecreation": "Never" }, "Evaluation": "Static", "ChangeSource": "DirectModification" } ] } } ], "ChangeSetName": "my-change-set", "ChangeSetId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:changeSet/my-change-set/4eca1a01-e285-xmpl-8026-9a1967bfb4b0", "StackId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204", "StackName": "my-stack", "Description": null, "Parameters": null, "CreationTime": "2019-10-02T05:20:56.651Z", "ExecutionStatus": "AVAILABLE", "Status": "CREATE_COMPLETE", "StatusReason": null, "NotificationARNs": [], "RollbackConfiguration": {}, "Capabilities": [ "CAPABILITY_IAM" ], "Tags": null }