---
title: stack kb cases update-case-comment cli command
description: Update a case comment or alert Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4097/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/cases/update-case-comment
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb cases update-case-comment cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb cases update-case-comment --case-id <case-id> [options]
```

Update a case comment or alert
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--case-id string required">
    The identifier for the case. To retrieve case IDs, use the search cases (`_find)` API. All non-ASCII characters must be URL encoded.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--body string">
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>