name : describe-events.rst **To describe events** The following ``describe-events`` example retrieves details for the events that have occurred for the specified DB instance. :: aws rds describe-events \ --source-identifier test-instance \ --source-type db-instance Output:: { "Events": [ { "SourceType": "db-instance", "SourceIdentifier": "test-instance", "EventCategories": [ "backup" ], "Message": "Backing up DB instance", "Date": "2018-07-31T23:09:23.983Z", "SourceArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:test-instance" }, { "SourceType": "db-instance", "SourceIdentifier": "test-instance", "EventCategories": [ "backup" ], "Message": "Finished DB Instance backup", "Date": "2018-07-31T23:15:13.049Z", "SourceArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:test-instance" } ] }