diff --git a/src/cmd.rs b/src/cmd.rs
index d9c04c84..04a26429 100644
--- a/src/cmd.rs
+++ b/src/cmd.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ pub enum Sub {
     /// Show detailed information of a table. [API: DescribeTable]
     #[structopt(aliases = &["show", "describe", "info"])]
     Desc {
+        /// Target table name. Optionally you may specify the target table by --table (-t) option.
+        target_table_to_desc: Option<String>,
+
         /// Show details of all tables in the region
         #[structopt(long)]
         all_tables: bool,
@@ -362,6 +365,9 @@ pub enum AdminSub {
     /// Show detailed information of a table. [API: DescribeTable]
     #[structopt(aliases = &["show", "describe", "info"])]
     Desc {
+        /// Target table name. Optionally you may specify the target table by --table (-t) option.
+        target_table_to_desc: Option<String>,
+
         /// Show details of all tables in the region
         #[structopt(long)]
         all_tables: bool,
diff --git a/src/control.rs b/src/control.rs
index f719cec8..588810e4 100644
--- a/src/control.rs
+++ b/src/control.rs
@@ -140,26 +140,33 @@ pub async fn list_tables(cx: app::Context) {
 /// Note that `describe_table` function calls are executed in parallel (async + join_all).
 pub async fn describe_all_tables(cx: app::Context) {
     let table_names = list_tables_api(cx.clone()).await;
-    join_all(table_names.iter().map(|t| describe_table(cx.clone().with_table(t)) )).await;
+    join_all(table_names.into_iter().map(|t| describe_table(cx.clone(), Some(t)) )).await;
 }
 
 
 /// Executed when you call `$ dy desc (table)`. Retrieve TableDescription via describe_table_api function,
 /// then print them in convenient way using print_table_description function (default/yaml).
-pub async fn describe_table(cx: app::Context) {
+pub async fn describe_table(cx: app::Context, target_table_to_desc: Option<String>) {
     debug!("context: {:#?}", &cx);
-    let desc: TableDescription = app::describe_table_api(&cx.effective_region(), cx.effective_table_name()).await;
-    debug!("Retrieved table to describe is: '{}' table in '{}' region.", &desc.clone().table_name.unwrap(), &cx.effective_region().name());
+    debug!("positional arg table name: {:?}", &target_table_to_desc);
+    let new_context = if let Some(t) = target_table_to_desc {
+        cx.with_table(t.as_str())
+    } else {
+        cx
+    };
+
+    let desc: TableDescription = app::describe_table_api(&new_context.effective_region(), new_context.effective_table_name()).await;
+    debug!("Retrieved table to describe is: '{}' table in '{}' region.", &new_context.effective_table_name(), &new_context.effective_region().name());
 
     // save described table info into cache for future use.
     // Note that when this functiono is called from describe_all_tables, not all tables would be cached as calls are parallel.
-    match app::insert_to_table_cache(&cx, desc.clone()) {
+    match app::insert_to_table_cache(&new_context, desc.clone()) {
         Ok(_) => { debug!("Described table schema was written to the cache file.") },
         Err(e) => println!("Failed to write table schema to the cache with follwoing error: {:?}", e),
     };
 
-    match cx.clone().output.as_deref() {
-        None | Some("yaml") => print_table_description(cx.effective_region(), desc),
+    match new_context.clone().output.as_deref() {
+        None | Some("yaml") => print_table_description(new_context.effective_region(), desc),
         // Some("raw") => println!("{:#?}", desc),
         Some(_) => { println!("ERROR: unsupported output type."); std::process::exit(1); },
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c95f189b..2cc69925 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
                 if all_regions { control::list_tables_all_regions(context).await }
                 else { control::list_tables(context).await }
             },
-            cmd::AdminSub::Desc { all_tables, output } => {
+            cmd::AdminSub::Desc { target_table_to_desc, all_tables, output } => {
                 context.output = output;
                 if all_tables { control::describe_all_tables(context).await }
-                else { control::describe_table(context).await }
+                else { control::describe_table(context, target_table_to_desc).await }
             },
             cmd::AdminSub::Create { target_type } => match target_type {
                 cmd::CreateSub::Table { new_table_name, keys } => control::create_table(context, new_table_name, keys).await,
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             if all_regions { control::list_tables_all_regions(context).await }
             else { control::list_tables(context).await }
         },
-        cmd::Sub::Desc { all_tables, output } => {
+        cmd::Sub::Desc { target_table_to_desc, all_tables, output } => {
             context.output = output;
             if all_tables { control::describe_all_tables(context).await }
-            else { control::describe_table(context).await }
+            else { control::describe_table(context, target_table_to_desc).await }
         },
         cmd::Sub::Use { target_table_to_use }  => app::use_table(&context, target_table_to_use).await?,
         cmd::Sub::Config { grandchild } => match grandchild {