name : update-application.rst **To change an application's description** The following command updates the description of an application named ``my-app``:: aws elasticbeanstalk update-application --application-name my-app --description "my Elastic Beanstalk application" Output:: { "Application": { "ApplicationName": "my-app", "Description": "my Elastic Beanstalk application", "Versions": [ "2fba-stage-150819_234450", "bf07-stage-150820_214945", "93f8", "fd7c-stage-150820_000431", "22a0-stage-150819_185942" ], "DateCreated": "2015-08-13T19:15:50.449Z", "ConfigurationTemplates": [], "DateUpdated": "2015-08-20T22:34:56.195Z" } }