name : describe-thing.rst **To display detailed information about a thing** The following ``describe-thing`` example display information about a thing (device) that is defined in the AWS IoT registry for your AWS account. aws iot describe-thing \ --thing-name "MyLightBulb" Output:: { "defaultClientId": "MyLightBulb", "thingName": "MyLightBulb", "thingId": "40da2e73-c6af-406e-b415-15acae538797", "thingArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thing/MyLightBulb", "thingTypeName": "LightBulb", "attributes": { "model": "123", "wattage": "75" }, "version": 1 } For more information, see `How to Manage Things with the Registry <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/thing-registry.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Developers Guide*.