# confluent iam service-account update ## Description Update a service account. ```none confluent iam service-account update [flags] ``` ## Flags ```none --description string REQUIRED: Description of the service account. --context string CLI context name. ``` ## Global Flags ```none -h, --help Show help for this command. --unsafe-trace Equivalent to -vvvv, but also log HTTP requests and responses which might contain plaintext secrets. -v, --verbose count Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace). ``` ## Examples Update the description of service account “sa-123456”. ```none confluent iam service-account update sa-123456 --description "updated description" ``` ## See Also * [confluent iam service-account](index.md#confluent-iam-service-account) - Manage service accounts.