# confluent iam service-account update ## Description Update an existing IAM service account. ```none confluent iam service-account update [id] [flags] ``` ## Flags ```none --display-name string A human-readable name for the Service Account. --description string A free-form description of the Service Account. --context string CLI context name. -o, --output string Specify the output format as "human", "json", or "yaml". (default "human") ``` ## 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, and -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 and select Confluent Cloud IAM service accounts.