diff --git a/sql-statements/sql-statement-explain.md b/sql-statements/sql-statement-explain.md index e74af4f93c03b..029736828d8a1 100644 --- a/sql-statements/sql-statement-explain.md +++ b/sql-statements/sql-statement-explain.md @@ -192,10 +192,12 @@ To specify the format of the `EXPLAIN` output, you can use the `FORMAT = xxx` sy | FORMAT | Description | | ------ | ------ | | Not specified | If the format is not specified, `EXPLAIN` uses the default format `row`. | -| `row` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs results in a tabular format. See [Understand the Query Execution Plan](/explain-overview.md) for more information. | -| `brief` | The operator IDs in the output of the `EXPLAIN` statement are simplified, compared with those when `FORMAT` is left unspecified. | -| `dot` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs DOT execution plans, which can be used to generate PNG files through a `dot` program (in the `graphviz` package). | -| `tidb_json` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs execution plans in JSON and stores the operator information in a JSON array. | +| `brief` | The operator IDs in the output of the `EXPLAIN` statement are simplified, compared with those when `FORMAT` is left unspecified. | +| `dot` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs DOT execution plans, which can be used to generate PNG files through a `dot` program (in the `graphviz` package). | +| `row` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs results in a tabular format. See [Understand the Query Execution Plan](/explain-overview.md) for more information. | +| `tidb_json` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs execution plans in JSON and stores the operator information in a JSON array. | +| `verbose` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs results in the `row` format, with an additional `estCost` column for the estimated cost of the query in the results. For more information about how to use this format, see [SQL Plan Management](/sql-plan-management.md). | +| `plan_cache` | The `EXPLAIN` statement outputs results in the `row` format, with the [Plan Cache](/sql-non-prepared-plan-cache.md#diagnostics) information as a warning. |