**To retrieve a list of Amazon DocumentDB subnet descriptions** The following ``describe-db-subnet-groups`` example describes details for the Amazon DocumentDB subnet named ``default``. :: aws docdb describe-db-subnet-groups \ --db-subnet-group-name default Output:: { "DBSubnetGroups": [ { "VpcId": "vpc-91280df6", "DBSubnetGroupArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:subgrp:default", "Subnets": [ { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-4e26d263", "SubnetStatus": "Active", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-west-2a" } }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-afc329f4", "SubnetStatus": "Active", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-west-2c" } }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-53ab3636", "SubnetStatus": "Active", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-west-2d" } }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-991cb8d0", "SubnetStatus": "Active", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-west-2b" } } ], "DBSubnetGroupName": "default", "SubnetGroupStatus": "Complete", "DBSubnetGroupDescription": "default" } ] } For more information, see `Describing Subnet Groups <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/ document-db-subnet-groups.html#document-db-subnet-groups-describe>`__ in the *Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide*.