diff --git a/proxmox-api-macro/src/api.rs b/proxmox-api-macro/src/api.rs
index af438ce7..4f511807 100644
--- a/proxmox-api-macro/src/api.rs
+++ b/proxmox-api-macro/src/api.rs
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ pub const NUMBERNAMES: &[&str] = &["Number", "f32", "f64"];
 ///     ObjectSchema::new("text", &[ ... ]).foo(bar)
 /// }
 /// ```
-struct Schema {
+pub struct Schema {
     span: Span,
 
     /// Common in all schema entry types:
-    description: Option<syn::LitStr>,
+    pub description: Option<syn::LitStr>,
 
     /// The specific schema type (Object, String, ...)
     item: SchemaItem,
diff --git a/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/method.rs b/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/method.rs
index 12373107..9c7240a7 100644
--- a/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/method.rs
+++ b/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/method.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn handle_method(mut attribs: JSONObject, mut func: syn::ItemFn) -> Result<T
         .unwrap_or(false);
 
     let (doc_comment, doc_span) = util::get_doc_comments(&func.attrs)?;
-    derive_descriptions(
+    util::derive_descriptions(
         &mut input_schema,
         &mut returns_schema,
         &doc_comment,
@@ -98,44 +98,6 @@ pub fn handle_method(mut attribs: JSONObject, mut func: syn::ItemFn) -> Result<T
     //Ok(quote::quote!(#func))
 }
 
-fn derive_descriptions(
-    input_schema: &mut Schema,
-    returns_schema: &mut Option<Schema>,
-    doc_comment: &str,
-    doc_span: Span,
-) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    // If we have a doc comment, allow automatically inferring the description for the input and
-    // output objects:
-    if doc_comment.is_empty() {
-        return Ok(());
-    }
-
-    let mut parts = doc_comment.split("\nReturns:");
-
-    if let Some(first) = parts.next() {
-        if input_schema.description.is_none() {
-            input_schema.description = Some(syn::LitStr::new(first.trim(), doc_span));
-        }
-    }
-
-    if let Some(second) = parts.next() {
-        if let Some(ref mut returns_schema) = returns_schema {
-            if returns_schema.description.is_none() {
-                returns_schema.description = Some(syn::LitStr::new(second.trim(), doc_span));
-            }
-        }
-
-        if parts.next().is_some() {
-            bail!(
-                doc_span,
-                "multiple 'Returns:' sections found in doc comment!"
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 enum ParameterType<'a> {
     Value,
     ApiMethod,
diff --git a/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/structs.rs b/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/structs.rs
index 82cac929..97b128c2 100644
--- a/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/structs.rs
+++ b/proxmox-api-macro/src/api/structs.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,17 @@ use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
 use quote::quote_spanned;
 
 use super::Schema;
-use crate::util::JSONObject;
+use crate::util::{self, JSONObject};
 
 pub fn handle_struct(attribs: JSONObject, stru: syn::ItemStruct) -> Result<TokenStream, Error> {
+    let mut schema: Schema = attribs.try_into()?;
+
+    if schema.description.is_none() {
+        let (doc_comment, doc_span) = util::get_doc_comments(&stru.attrs)?;
+        util::derive_descriptions(&mut schema, &mut None, &doc_comment, doc_span)?;
+    }
+
     let schema = {
-        let schema: Schema = attribs.try_into()?;
         let mut ts = TokenStream::new();
         schema.to_schema(&mut ts)?;
         ts
diff --git a/proxmox-api-macro/src/util.rs b/proxmox-api-macro/src/util.rs
index 8d1579fe..588739fa 100644
--- a/proxmox-api-macro/src/util.rs
+++ b/proxmox-api-macro/src/util.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ use syn::punctuated::Punctuated;
 use syn::spanned::Spanned;
 use syn::Token;
 
+use failure::Error;
+
+use crate::api::Schema;
+
 /// A more relaxed version of Ident which allows hyphens.
 ///
 /// Note that this acts both as an Ident and as a String so that we can easily access an &str
@@ -399,3 +403,41 @@ pub fn get_doc_comments(attributes: &[syn::Attribute]) -> Result<(String, Span),
 
     Ok((doc_comment, doc_span))
 }
+
+pub fn derive_descriptions(
+    input_schema: &mut Schema,
+    returns_schema: &mut Option<Schema>,
+    doc_comment: &str,
+    doc_span: Span,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // If we have a doc comment, allow automatically inferring the description for the input and
+    // output objects:
+    if doc_comment.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let mut parts = doc_comment.split("\nReturns:");
+
+    if let Some(first) = parts.next() {
+        if input_schema.description.is_none() {
+            input_schema.description = Some(syn::LitStr::new(first.trim(), doc_span));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(second) = parts.next() {
+        if let Some(ref mut returns_schema) = returns_schema {
+            if returns_schema.description.is_none() {
+                returns_schema.description = Some(syn::LitStr::new(second.trim(), doc_span));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if parts.next().is_some() {
+            bail!(
+                doc_span,
+                "multiple 'Returns:' sections found in doc comment!"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/proxmox-api-macro/tests/types.rs b/proxmox-api-macro/tests/types.rs
index 9400a331..b03d52e4 100644
--- a/proxmox-api-macro/tests/types.rs
+++ b/proxmox-api-macro/tests/types.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 //#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct OkString(String);
 
+#[api(
+    properties: {
+        test: {
+            type: String,
+            description: "Hello",
+        },
+    },
+)]
+/// A Foo.
+pub struct Foo {
+    test: String,
+}
+
 // generates the following without the '_' prefix in the constant:
 impl OkString {
     pub const _API_SCHEMA: &'static schema::Schema = &schema::StringSchema::new("A string")