# Example of changing a message's status to read in AWS End User Messaging Social
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You can set the [status of the message](managing-event-destinations-status.md) to `read` to show the end user two blue check marks on their screen. 

```
aws socialmessaging send-whatsapp-message --message '{"messaging_product":"whatsapp","message_id":"'{{{MESSAGE_ID}}}'","status":"read"}' --origination-phone-number-id {{{ORIGINATION_PHONE_NUMBER_ID}}} --meta-api-version v20.0    
```

In the preceding command, do the following:
+ Replace {{{ORIGINATION\_PHONE\_NUMBER\_ID}}} with your phone number's ID.
+ Replace {{{MESSAGE\_ID}}} with the unique identifier of the message. Use the value of the `id` field in the message object of the Amazon SNS topic.