diff --git a/src/ConvenienceRenderer.ts b/src/ConvenienceRenderer.ts
index 1efcccca..ec86a41d 100644
--- a/src/ConvenienceRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/ConvenienceRenderer.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,14 @@ import { Sourcelike, sourcelikeToSource, serializeRenderResult } from "./Source"
 import { trimEnd } from "lodash";
 import { declarationsForGraph, DeclarationIR, cycleBreakerTypesForGraph, Declaration } from "./DeclarationIR";
 import { TypeAttributeStoreView } from "./TypeGraph";
-import { TypeAttributeKind, descriptionTypeAttributeKind } from "./TypeAttributes";
+import { TypeAttributeKind, descriptionTypeAttributeKind, propertyDescriptionsTypeAttributeKind } from "./TypeAttributes";
+
+function splitDescription(description: string | undefined): string[] | undefined {
+    if (description === undefined) return undefined;
+    description = description.trim();
+    if (description === "") return undefined;
+    return description.split("\n").map(l => l.trim());
+}
 
 export type ForbiddenWordsInfo = { names: (Name | string)[]; includeGlobalForbidden: boolean };
 
@@ -136,10 +143,13 @@ export abstract class ConvenienceRenderer extends Renderer {
 
     protected descriptionForType(t: Type): string[] | undefined {
         let description = this.typeGraph.attributeStore.tryGet(descriptionTypeAttributeKind, t);
-        if (description === undefined) return undefined;
-        description = description.trim();
-        if (description === "") return undefined;
-        return description.split("\n").map(l => l.trim());
+        return splitDescription(description);
+    }
+
+    protected descriptionForClassProperty(c: ClassType, name: string): string[] | undefined {
+        const descriptions = this.typeGraph.attributeStore.tryGet(propertyDescriptionsTypeAttributeKind, c);
+        if (descriptions === undefined) return undefined;
+        return splitDescription(descriptions.get(name));
     }
 
     protected setUpNaming(): OrderedSet<Namespace> {
diff --git a/src/JSONSchemaInput.ts b/src/JSONSchemaInput.ts
index 635c83cf..3965a8ab 100644
--- a/src/JSONSchemaInput.ts
+++ b/src/JSONSchemaInput.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { TypeGraphBuilder, TypeRef } from "./TypeBuilder";
 import { TypeNames } from "./TypeNames";
 import { unifyTypes } from "./UnifyClasses";
 import { makeNamesTypeAttributes, modifyTypeNames, singularizeTypeNames } from "./TypeNames";
-import { TypeAttributes, descriptionTypeAttributeKind } from "./TypeAttributes";
+import { TypeAttributes, descriptionTypeAttributeKind, propertyDescriptionsTypeAttributeKind } from "./TypeAttributes";
 
 enum PathElementKind {
     Root,
@@ -170,12 +170,25 @@ export function schemaToType(
 
     function makeClass(path: Ref, attributes: TypeAttributes, properties: StringMap, requiredArray: string[]): TypeRef {
         const required = Set(requiredArray);
+        const propertiesMap = Map(properties);
+        const propertyDescriptions = propertiesMap.map(propSchema => {
+            if (typeof propSchema === "object") {
+                const desc = propSchema.description;
+                if (typeof desc === "string") {
+                    return desc;
+                }
+            }
+            return undefined;
+        }).filter(v => v !== undefined) as Map<string, string>;
+        if (!propertyDescriptions.isEmpty()) {
+            attributes = propertyDescriptionsTypeAttributeKind.setInAttributes(attributes, propertyDescriptions);
+        }
         const result = typeBuilder.getUniqueClassType(attributes, true);
         setTypeForPath(path, result);
         // FIXME: We're using a Map instead of an OrderedMap here because we represent
         // the JSON Schema as a JavaScript object, which has no map ordering.  Ideally
         // we would use a JSON parser that preserves order.
-        const props = Map(properties).map((propSchema, propName) => {
+        const props = propertiesMap.map((propSchema, propName) => {
             const t = toType(
                 checkStringMap(propSchema),
                 path.push({ kind: PathElementKind.Property, name: propName }),
diff --git a/src/Language/Golang.ts b/src/Language/Golang.ts
index 64ce7409..2a22b421 100644
--- a/src/Language/Golang.ts
+++ b/src/Language/Golang.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ function isValueType(t: Type): boolean {
     return primitiveValueTypeKinds.indexOf(kind) >= 0 || kind === "class" || kind === "enum";
 }
 
+function singleDescriptionComment(description: string[] | undefined): string {
+    if (description === undefined) return "";
+    return "// " + description.join("; ");
+}
+
 class GoRenderer extends ConvenienceRenderer {
     private _topLevelUnmarshalNames = Map<Name, Name>();
 
@@ -201,7 +206,8 @@ class GoRenderer extends ConvenienceRenderer {
         let columns: Sourcelike[][] = [];
         this.forEachClassProperty(c, "none", (name, jsonName, p) => {
             const goType = this.goType(p.type, true);
-            columns.push([[name, " "], [goType, " "], ['`json:"', stringEscape(jsonName), '"`']]);
+            const comment = singleDescriptionComment(this.descriptionForClassProperty(c, jsonName));
+            columns.push([[name, " "], [goType, " "], ['`json:"', stringEscape(jsonName), '"`'], comment]);
         });
         this.emitDescription(this.descriptionForType(c));
         this.emitStruct(className, columns);
diff --git a/src/TypeAttributes.ts b/src/TypeAttributes.ts
index b1272b1a..276ec133 100644
--- a/src/TypeAttributes.ts
+++ b/src/TypeAttributes.ts
@@ -65,4 +65,12 @@ export function combineTypeAttributes(attributeArray: TypeAttributes[]): TypeAtt
     return first.mergeWith((aa, ab, kind) => kind.combine(aa, ab), ...rest);
 }
 
-export const descriptionTypeAttributeKind = new TypeAttributeKind<string>("description", undefined);
+function combineDescriptions(a: string, b: string): string {
+    return a.trim() + "\n\n" + b.trim();
+}
+
+export const descriptionTypeAttributeKind = new TypeAttributeKind<string>("description", combineDescriptions);
+export const propertyDescriptionsTypeAttributeKind = new TypeAttributeKind<Map<string, string>>(
+    "propertyDescriptions",
+    (a, b) => a.mergeWith(combineDescriptions, b)
+);
diff --git a/test/inputs/schema/description.schema b/test/inputs/schema/description.schema
index e7121a1a..bc3f6f34 100644
--- a/test/inputs/schema/description.schema
+++ b/test/inputs/schema/description.schema
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
       "type": "string",
       "enum": ["foo", "bar"],
       "description": "An enumeration"
+    },
+    "foo": {
+      "type": "number"
+    },
+    "bar": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "A pretty boolean"
     }
   },
   "required": ["union", "enum"],