diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/Codegen.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/Codegen.scala
index 0d723002e53..836b8f53222 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/Codegen.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/Codegen.scala
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ class Codegen(config: CodegenConfig) {
         "classname" -> config.toModelName(className),
         "classVarName" -> config.toVarName(className), // suggested name of object created from this class
         "modelPackage" -> config.modelPackage,
+        "description" -> model.description,
         "newline" -> "\n")
 
     val l = new ListBuffer[AnyRef]
@@ -550,7 +551,6 @@ class Codegen(config: CodegenConfig) {
 
     models.foreach(m => {
       val json = writeJson(m._2)
-
       modelList += HashMap(
         "modelName" -> m._1,
         "model" -> modelToMap(m._1, m._2),