srowen commented on a change in pull request #26970: [SPARK-28825][SQL][DOC]
Documentation for Explain Command
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/26970#discussion_r360711584
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File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-qry-explain.md
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limitations under the License.
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-**This page is under construction**
+### Description
+
+The `EXPLAIN` statement provides the execution plan for the statement.
+By default, `EXPLAIN` provides information about the physical plan.
+`EXPLAIN` does not support 'DESCRIBE TABLE' statement.
+
+
+### Syntax
+{% highlight sql %}
+EXPLAIN [EXTENDED | CODEGEN] statement
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Parameters
+
+<dl>
+ <dt><code><em>EXTENDED</em></code></dt>
+ <dd>Generates Parsed Logical Plan, Analyzed Logical Plan, Optimized Logical
Plan and Physical Plan.</dd>
Review comment:
Can we say anything about what the plans represent, even just a sentence?
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