diff --git a/pkg/ui/console/client.go b/pkg/ui/console/client.go
index 79200a369c52c1..f57d0dff6c0123 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/console/client.go
+++ b/pkg/ui/console/client.go
@@ -541,8 +541,13 @@ func (c Client) describePolicy(ctx context.Context, p *policy.Policy, selector s
 	ui.ColorizedOutput(ui.ColorHeader, "Describe Policy %s output:\n\n", p.String())
 	t := &Table{writer: tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)}
 	t.SetHeaders("Path", "Description")
-	pol := p.Filter(strings.ReplaceAll(selector, "//", "/"))
-	buildDescribePolicyTable(t, policy.Policies{&pol}, selector[:strings.LastIndexAny(selector, "/")])
+	selector = strings.ReplaceAll(selector, "//", "/")
+	pol := p.Filter(selector)
+	if strings.Contains(selector, "/") {
+		selector = selector[:strings.LastIndexAny(selector, "/")]
+	}
+
+	buildDescribePolicyTable(t, policy.Policies{&pol}, selector)
 	t.Render()
 	ui.ColorizedOutput(ui.ColorInfo, "To execute any policy use the path defined in the table above.\nFor example `cloudquery policy run %s`\n", buildPolicyPath(p.Name, getNestedPolicyExample(p.Policies[0], "")))
 	return nil