diff --git a/superset/migrations/versions/b318dfe5fb6c_adding_verbose_name_to_druid_column.py b/superset/migrations/versions/b318dfe5fb6c_adding_verbose_name_to_druid_column.py
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+"""adding verbose_name to druid column
+
+Revision ID: b318dfe5fb6c
+Revises: d6db5a5cdb5d
+Create Date: 2017-03-08 11:48:10.835741
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'b318dfe5fb6c'
+down_revision = 'd6db5a5cdb5d'
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.add_column('columns', sa.Column('verbose_name', sa.String(length=1024), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_column('columns', 'verbose_name')