diff --git a/templates/fileannotate.tmpl b/templates/fileannotate.tmpl
--- a/templates/fileannotate.tmpl
+++ b/templates/fileannotate.tmpl
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 <tr>
  <td class="metatag">permissions:</td>
  <td>#permissions|permissions#</td></tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="metatag">description:</td>
+  <td>{desc|strip|escape|addbreaks}</td>
+</tr>
 </table>
 
 <br/>