diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java
index d386b4c4dca..e74b95cf2c1 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public class CodegenParameter {
     public Boolean isFormParam, isQueryParam, isPathParam, isHeaderParam,
             isCookieParam, isBodyParam, hasMore, isContainer,
             secondaryParam, isCollectionFormatMulti, isPrimitiveType;
-    public String baseName, paramName, dataType, datatypeWithEnum, collectionFormat, description, baseType, defaultValue;
+    public String baseName, paramName, dataType, datatypeWithEnum, collectionFormat, description, unescapedDescription, baseType, defaultValue;
     public String example; // example value (x-example)
     public String jsonSchema;
     public Boolean isString, isInteger, isLong, isFloat, isDouble, isByteArray, isBinary, isBoolean, isDate, isDateTime;
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index cce70f4ce39..9ce8ce09735 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -1706,6 +1706,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
         CodegenParameter p = CodegenModelFactory.newInstance(CodegenModelType.PARAMETER);
         p.baseName = param.getName();
         p.description = escapeText(param.getDescription());
+        p.unescapedDescription = param.getDescription();
         if (param.getRequired()) {
             p.required = param.getRequired();
         }