diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/api.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/api.mustache
index 07b5818dc31..f9096e758a8 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/api.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/api.mustache
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ public interface {{classname}} {
         {{#summary}}
         summary = "{{{.}}}",
         {{/summary}}
+        {{#description}}
+        description= "{{{.}}}",
+        {{/description}}
         {{#vendorExtensions.x-tags.size}}
         tags = { {{#vendorExtensions.x-tags}}"{{tag}}"{{^-last}}, {{/-last}}{{/vendorExtensions.x-tags}} },
         {{/vendorExtensions.x-tags.size}}