The binlog_rows_query_log_events system variable affects row-based logging only. When enabled, it causes a MySQL 5.6.2 or later server 
to write informational log events such as row query log events into its binary log. This information can be used for debugging and related purposes; 
such as obtaining the original query issued on the master when it cannot be reconstructed from the row updates.

These events are normally ignored by MySQL programs reading the binary log and so cause no issues when replicating or restoring from backup. 
To view them, increase the verbosity level by using mysqlbinlog's --verbose option twice, either as "-vv" or "--verbose --verbose".

[root@localhost][boss]> set global binlog_rows_query_log_events=on;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) [root@localhost][boss]> flush logs;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.41 sec) [root@localhost][boss]> update t set id = 9 where id=8;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0 [root@gzx-master-01 logs]# mysqlbinlog --no-defaults -v -v --base64-output=DECODE-ROWS mysql_bin.000031  /*!50530 SET @@SESSION.PSEUDO_SLAVE_MODE=1*/; /*!50003 SET @OLD_COMPLETION_TYPE=@@COMPLETION_TYPE,COMPLETION_TYPE=0*/;
DELIMITER /*!*/;
# at 4 #170424 9:03:47 server id 37306 end_log_pos 123 CRC32 0xa04cc14a Start: binlog v 4, server v 5.7.17-log created 170424 9:03:47 # Warning: this binlog is either in use or was not closed properly.
# at 123 #170424 9:03:47 server id 37306 end_log_pos 194 CRC32 0xc3c3b085 Previous-GTIDs
# a0c06ec7-fef0-11e6-9f85-525400a7d662:1-813 # at 194 #170424 9:03:55 server id 37306 end_log_pos 259 CRC32 0xbf9d2c93 GTID    last_committed=sequence_number=1 SET @@SESSION.GTID_NEXT= 'a0c06ec7-fef0-11e6-9f85-525400a7d662:814'/*!*/;
# at 259 #170424 9:03:55 server id 37306 end_log_pos 331 CRC32 0xeddbf07c Query    thread_id=34 exec_time=0 error_code=0 SET TIMESTAMP=1492995835/*!*/; SET @@session.pseudo_thread_id=34/*!*/; SET @@session.foreign_key_checks=1, @@session.sql_auto_is_null=0, @@session.unique_checks=1, @@session.autocommit=1/*!*/; SET @@session.sql_mode=1436549120/*!*/; SET @@session.auto_increment_increment=1, @@session.auto_increment_offset=1/*!*/; /*!\C utf8 *//*!*/; SET @@session.character_set_client=33,@@session.collation_connection=33,@@session.collation_server=33/*!*/; SET @@session.lc_time_names=0/*!*/; SET @@session.collation_database=DEFAULT/*!*/; BEGIN /*!*/;
# at 331 #170424 9:03:55 server id 37306 end_log_pos 385 CRC32 0x912f4086 Rows_query # update t set id = 9 where id=8 # at 385 #170424 9:03:55 server id 37306 end_log_pos 429 CRC32 0x16eec7d7 Table_map: `boss`.`t` mapped to number 118 # at 429 #170424 9:03:55 server id 37306 end_log_pos 475 CRC32 0x920862af Update_rows: table id 118 flags: STMT_END_F
### UPDATE `boss`.`t`
### WHERE ### @1=8 /* INT meta=0 nullable=1 is_null=0 */ ### SET ### @1=9 /* INT meta=0 nullable=1 is_null=0 */ # at 475 #170424 9:03:55 server id 37306 end_log_pos 506 CRC32 0xa37b82e5 Xid = 2447 COMMIT/*!*/; SET @@SESSION.GTID_NEXT= 'AUTOMATIC' /* added by mysqlbinlog */ /*!*/;
DELIMITER ;
# End of log file /*!50003 SET COMPLETION_TYPE=@OLD_COMPLETION_TYPE*/; /*!50530 SET @@SESSION.PSEUDO_SLAVE_MODE=0*/;