**To retrieve information about the specified managed policy** This example returns details about the managed policy whose ARN is ``arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MySamplePolicy`` :: aws iam get-policy \ --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MySamplePolicy Output:: { "Policy": { "PolicyName": "MySamplePolicy", "CreateDate": "2015-06-17T19:23;32Z", "AttachmentCount": 0, "IsAttachable": true, "PolicyId": "Z27SI6FQMGNQ2EXAMPLE1", "DefaultVersionId": "v1", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MySamplePolicy", "UpdateDate": "2015-06-17T19:23:32Z" } } For more information, see `Overview of IAM Policies`_ in the *Using IAM* guide. .. _`Overview of IAM Policies`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies_overview.html