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**To describe the modification status for a volume**
The following ``describe-volumes-modifications`` example describes the volume modification status of the specified volume. ::
aws ec2 describe-volumes-modifications \
--volume-ids vol-1234567890abcdef0
Output::
{
"VolumeModification": {
"TargetSize": 150,
"TargetVolumeType": "io1",
"ModificationState": "optimizing",
"VolumeId": " vol-1234567890abcdef0",
"TargetIops": 100,
"StartTime": "2019-05-17T11:27:19.000Z",
"Progress": 70,
"OriginalVolumeType": "io1",
"OriginalIops": 100,
"OriginalSize": 100
}
}