---
title: "setRouteTableDescription"
slug: "cli-vpc-routetable-setroutetabledescription"
tags: ["VPC"]
updated: 2026-10-08T05:05:41Z
published: 2026-10-08T05:05:41Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/cli-vpc-routetable-setroutetabledescription"
---

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# setRouteTableDescription

Available in VPC

Edit the route table description by specifying a route table number.

## Syntax

The `setRouteTableDescription` syntax is as follows:

```
./ncloud vpc setRouteTableDescription \
    --routeTableNo <route-table-no> \
    [--routeTableDescription <route-table-description>] \
    [--regionCode <KR|SGN|JPN>] \
    [--output <json|xml>]
```

## Options

This section describes the options available when running `setRouteTableDescription`.

### Required options

The following options are required for `setRouteTableDescription`.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--routeTableNo` | String | Required | Route table number - See [getRouteTableList](/docs/en/cli-vpc-routetable-getroutetablelist). |

### Optional options

These are the optional options for `setRouteTableDescription`. Options that are not specified will use their default values.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--routeTableDescription` | String | Optional | Description of the route table (byte) - `0`-`1,000` |

### Common options

For information about the options common to all `vpc` subcommands, see [VPC options](/docs/en/cli-vpc#%EC%98%B5%EC%85%98).

## Examples

If the request to edit the route table description is successful, the configuration information for the route table is returned.

### Command

The command example is as follows:

```
./ncloud vpc setRouteTableDescription \
    --routeTableNo 45678901 \
    --routeTableDescription "Updated route table description" \
    --regionCode KR \
    --output json
```

### Output

The output example is as follows:

```
{
  "setRouteTableDescriptionResponse": {
    "totalRows": 1,
    "routeTableList": [
      {
        "routeTableNo": "45678901",
        "routeTableName": "test-route-table",
        "regionCode": "KR",
        "vpcNo": "12345678",
        "supportedSubnetType": {
          "code": "PUBLIC",
          "codeName": "Public"
        },
        "isDefault": false,
        "routeTableStatus": {
          "code": "RUN",
          "codeName": "In operation"
        },
        "routeTableDescription": "Updated route table description"
      }
    ],
    "requestId": "d4e5f6a7-b8c9-0123-defa-456789012345",
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "success"
  }
}
```