diff --git a/readthedocs/api/v3/serializers.py b/readthedocs/api/v3/serializers.py
index a5d9c0c0301..e09caec1d37 100644
--- a/readthedocs/api/v3/serializers.py
+++ b/readthedocs/api/v3/serializers.py
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ class Meta:
             "translation_of",
             "urls",
             "tags",
+            "description",
             "privacy_level",
             "external_builds_privacy_level",
             "versioning_scheme",