name : describe-limits.rst **To describe shard limits** The following ``describe-limits`` example displays the shard limits and usage for the current AWS account. :: aws kinesis describe-limits Output:: { "ShardLimit": 500, "OpenShardCount": 29 } For more information, see `Resharding a Stream <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/kinesis-using-sdk-java-resharding.html>`__ in the *Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Developer Guide*.