diff --git a/src/Shell/Task/MigrationDiffTask.php b/src/Shell/Task/MigrationDiffTask.php
index 7ca700ee..dc7fcd20 100644
--- a/src/Shell/Task/MigrationDiffTask.php
+++ b/src/Shell/Task/MigrationDiffTask.php
@@ -248,9 +248,24 @@ protected function getColumns()
                 ) {
                     $changedAttributes = array_diff($column, $oldColumn);
 
-                    if (!isset($changedAttributes['type'])) {
-                        $changedAttributes['type'] = $column['type'];
+                    foreach (['type', 'length', 'null', 'default'] as $attribute) {
+                        $phinxAttributeName = $attribute;
+                        if ($attribute == 'length') {
+                            $phinxAttributeName = 'limit';
+                        }
+                        if (!isset($changedAttributes[$phinxAttributeName])) {
+                            $changedAttributes[$phinxAttributeName] = $column[$attribute];
+                        }
                     }
+
+                    if (isset($changedAttributes['length'])) {
+                        if (!isset($changedAttributes['limit'])) {
+                            $changedAttributes['limit'] = $changedAttributes['length'];
+                        }
+
+                        unset($changedAttributes['length']);
+                    }
+
                     $this->templateData[$table]['columns']['changed'][$columnName] = $changedAttributes;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff.php b/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff.php
index 65e758bf..1352c9f5 100644
--- a/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff.php
+++ b/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff.php
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ public function up()
 
         $this->table('articles')
             ->removeColumn('content')
-            ->changeColumn('title', 'text')
+            ->changeColumn('title', 'text', [
+                'default' => null,
+                'limit' => null,
+                'null' => false,
+            ])
             ->changeColumn('name', 'string', [
-                'length' => 50,
+                'default' => null,
+                'limit' => 50,
+                'null' => false,
             ])
             ->update();
 
diff --git a/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_mysql.php b/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_mysql.php
index 60c4d9da..e05001ad 100644
--- a/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_mysql.php
+++ b/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_mysql.php
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ public function up()
 
         $this->table('articles')
             ->removeColumn('content')
-            ->changeColumn('title', 'text')
+            ->changeColumn('title', 'text', [
+                'default' => null,
+                'limit' => null,
+                'null' => false,
+            ])
             ->changeColumn('name', 'string', [
-                'length' => 50,
+                'default' => null,
+                'limit' => 50,
+                'null' => false,
             ])
             ->update();
 
diff --git a/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_pgsql.php b/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_pgsql.php
index cad96a4b..b189b5ae 100644
--- a/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_pgsql.php
+++ b/tests/comparisons/Diff/the_diff_pgsql.php
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ public function up()
 
         $this->table('articles')
             ->removeColumn('content')
-            ->changeColumn('title', 'text')
+            ->changeColumn('title', 'text', [
+                'default' => null,
+                'limit' => null,
+                'null' => false,
+            ])
             ->changeColumn('name', 'string', [
-                'length' => 50,
+                'default' => null,
+                'limit' => 50,
+                'null' => false,
             ])
             ->update();