diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9419ecf..f118844 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # kafka-adminclient-test
 
-Simple test of Kafka AdminClient (create topic)
+Simple test of Kafka AdminClient (create topic, describe/alter config)
 
 Run with:
 ```
diff --git a/src/main/java/TopicTest.java b/src/main/java/TopicTest.java
index 6149266..db3e561 100644
--- a/src/main/java/TopicTest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/TopicTest.java
@@ -1,26 +1,50 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClient;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClientConfig;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AlterConfigsResult;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.Config;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.ConfigEntry;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigResource;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.CreateTopicsResult;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.DescribeConfigsResult;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.DescribeTopicsResult;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.KafkaAdminClient;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.NewTopic;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.TopicConfig;
 
 public class TopicTest {
 
   public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
     String bootstrap = args[0];
     String topic = args[1];
-    System.out.println("Creating topic "+topic+" on "+bootstrap);
     Properties config = new Properties();
     config.put(AdminClientConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrap);
     config.put(AdminClientConfig.CLIENT_ID_CONFIG, "topics-test");
     config.put(AdminClientConfig.SECURITY_PROTOCOL_CONFIG, "SASL_SSL");
     config.put("sasl.mechanism", "PLAIN");
     AdminClient admin = KafkaAdminClient.create(config);
+
+    System.out.println("Creating topic "+topic+" on "+bootstrap);
     NewTopic newTopic = new NewTopic(topic, 1, (short)1);
     CreateTopicsResult result = admin.createTopics(Collections.singleton(newTopic));
     result.values().get(topic).get();
+
+    ConfigResource topicResource = new ConfigResource(ConfigResource.Type.TOPIC, topic);
+
+    System.out.println("Getting topic "+topic+" configuration");
+    DescribeConfigsResult describeResult = admin.describeConfigs(Collections.singleton(topicResource));
+    Map<ConfigResource, Config> topicConfig = describeResult.all().get();
+    System.out.println(config);
+
+    System.out.println("Modifying topic "+topic+" configuration");
+    ConfigEntry retentionEntry = new ConfigEntry(TopicConfig.RETENTION_MS_CONFIG, "12345");
+    Map<ConfigResource, Config> updateConfig = new HashMap<ConfigResource, Config>();
+    updateConfig.put(topicResource, new Config(Collections.singleton(retentionEntry)));
+    AlterConfigsResult alterResult = admin.alterConfigs(updateConfig);
+    alterResult.all().get();
   }
 
 }