name : update-policy.rst **To update a static policy** The following ``update-policy`` example modifies an existing static policy by updating its description and statement. :: aws verifiedpermissions update-policy \ --policy-id SPEXAMPLEabcdefg111111 \ --definition file://updated-definition.txt \ --policy-store-id PSEXAMPLEabcdefg111111 The ``statement`` parameter takes a string representation of a JSON object. It contains embedded quotation marks (") within the outermost quotation mark pair. This requires you to convert the JSON to a string by preceding all embedded quotation marks with a backslash character ( \" ) and combining all lines into a single text line with no line breaks. You can display example strings wrapped across multiple lines for readability, but the operation requires the parameters to be submitted as single-line strings. Contents of file ``updated-definition.txt``:: { "static": { "description": "Updated policy to grant janeFriends UserGroup access to the vacationFolder Album with view action only", "statement": "permit(principal in UserGroup::\"janeFriends\", action == Action::\"view\", resource in Album::\"vacationFolder\" );" } } Output:: { "createdDate": "2023-06-12T20:33:37.382907+00:00", "lastUpdatedDate": "2023-06-12T20:33:37.382907+00:00", "policyId": "SPEXAMPLEabcdefg111111", "policyStoreId": "PSEXAMPLEabcdefg111111", "policyType": "STATIC", "principal": { "entityId": "janeFriends", "entityType": "UserGroup" }, "resource": { "entityId": "vacationFolder", "entityType": "Album" } } For more information about policies, see `Amazon Verified Permissions policies <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/policies.html>`__ in the *Amazon Verified Permissions User Guide*.