DROP TABLE IF EXISTS check_comments; CREATE TABLE check_comments ( column_name1 UInt8 DEFAULT 1 COMMENT 'comment', column_name2 UInt8 COMMENT 'non default comment' ) ENGINE = ReplicatedMergeTree('clickhouse/tables/test_00753/comments', 'r1') ORDER BY column_name1; SHOW CREATE check_comments; DESC check_comments; ALTER TABLE check_comments COMMENT COLUMN column_name1 'another comment'; SHOW CREATE check_comments; DESC check_comments; SELECT * FROM system.columns WHERE table = 'check.comments' and database = currentDatabase(); DROP TABLE check_comments;