diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/multi.py b/r2/r2/controllers/multi.py
index d8d24e86e..2f1775861 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/multi.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/multi.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from r2.lib.validator import (
     VModhash,
     VSRByName,
     VJSON,
+    VMarkdown,
     VMultiPath,
     VMultiByPath,
 )
@@ -130,6 +131,10 @@ class MultiApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
                 multi._revert()
                 raise RedditError('MULTI_TOO_MANY_SUBREDDITS', code=409)
 
+        if 'description_md' in data:
+            md = VMarkdown('description_md').run(data['description_md'])
+            multi.description_md = md
+
         multi._commit()
         return multi
 
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py b/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py
index 2627bd869..508c5ae27 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ class LabeledMultiJsonTemplate(ThingJsonTemplate):
         subreddits="srs",
         visibility="visibility",
         can_edit="can_edit",
+        description_md="description_md",
+        description_html="description_html",
     )
     del _data_attrs_["id"]
 
@@ -273,6 +275,10 @@ class LabeledMultiJsonTemplate(ThingJsonTemplate):
             return self.sr_props(thing, thing.srs)
         elif attr == "can_edit":
             return c.user_is_loggedin and thing.can_edit(c.user)
+        elif attr == "description_html":
+            # if safemarkdown is passed a falsy string it returns None :/
+            description_html = safemarkdown(thing.description_md) or ''
+            return description_html
         else:
             return ThingJsonTemplate.thing_attr(self, thing, attr)
 
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index 2b4e03c93..eb02eff67 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -1845,6 +1845,7 @@ class MultiInfoBar(Templated):
         self.can_copy = c.user_is_loggedin
         self.can_rename = c.user_is_loggedin and multi.owner == c.user
         srs.sort(key=lambda sr: sr.name.lower())
+        self.description_md = multi.description_md
         self.srs = srs
 
 
@@ -3543,7 +3544,8 @@ class UserText(CachedTemplate):
                  cloneable = False,
                  extra_css = '',
                  name = "text",
-                 expunged=False):
+                 expunged=False,
+                 include_errors=True):
 
         css_class = "usertext"
         if cloneable:
@@ -3567,7 +3569,8 @@ class UserText(CachedTemplate):
                                 cloneable = cloneable,
                                 css_class = css_class,
                                 name = name,
-                                expunged=expunged)
+                                expunged=expunged,
+                                include_errors=include_errors)
 
 class MediaEmbedBody(CachedTemplate):
     """What's rendered inside the iframe that contains media objects"""
diff --git a/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py b/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py
index 37a7b8711..897236396 100644
--- a/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py
+++ b/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py
@@ -1288,6 +1288,7 @@ class LabeledMulti(tdb_cassandra.Thing, MultiReddit):
     _views = []
     _defaults = dict(MultiReddit._defaults,
         visibility='private',
+        description_md='',
     )
     _extra_schema_creation_args = {
         "key_validation_class": tdb_cassandra.UTF8_TYPE,
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.less b/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.less
index fd10cf625..33ee6e329 100755
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.less
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.less
@@ -5198,6 +5198,16 @@ table.calendar {
         }
     }
 
+    .description {
+        margin: .75em 0;
+
+        .usertext-edit, textarea {
+            // use !important to override legacy inline style width set by
+            // show_edit_usertext()
+            width: 294px !important;
+        }
+    }
+
     ul, form.add-sr {
         margin-left: 12px;
     }
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/js/multi.js b/r2/r2/public/static/js/multi.js
index e14a23318..310af481f 100644
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/js/multi.js
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/js/multi.js
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ r.multi.MultiDetails = Backbone.View.extend({
         'change [name="visibility"]': 'setVisibility',
         'click .show-copy': 'showCopyMulti',
         'click .show-rename': 'showRenameMulti',
+        'click .edit-description': 'editDescription',
+        'submit .description': 'saveDescription',
         'confirm .delete': 'deleteMulti'
     },
 
@@ -279,6 +281,10 @@ r.multi.MultiDetails = Backbone.View.extend({
 
         this.$el.toggleClass('readonly', !canEdit)
 
+        this.$('.description .usertext-body').html(
+            _.unescape(this.model.get('description_html'))
+        )
+
         this.$('.count').text(this.model.subreddits.length)
 
         return this
@@ -388,6 +394,21 @@ r.multi.MultiDetails = Backbone.View.extend({
         })
     },
 
+    editDescription: function() {
+        show_edit_usertext(this.$el)
+    },
+
+    saveDescription: function(ev) {
+        ev.preventDefault()
+        this.model.save({
+            'description_md': this.$('.description textarea').val()
+        }, {
+            success: _.bind(function() {
+                hide_edit_usertext(this.$el)
+            }, this)
+        })
+    },
+
     focusAdd: function() {
         this.$('.add-sr .sr-name').focus()
     }
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/multiinfobar.html b/r2/r2/templates/multiinfobar.html
index 0073474f5..ec7251314 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/multiinfobar.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/multiinfobar.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 <%!
    from r2.lib.strings import strings, Score
-   from r2.lib.pages import WrappedUser, ModList
+   from r2.lib.pages import WrappedUser, ModList, UserText
  %>
 
 <%namespace file="utils.html" import="plain_link, thing_timestamp, text_with_links"/>
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@
     </form>
   %endif
 
+  <div class="description">
+    ${UserText(None, text=thing.description_md, post_form=None, editable=True, include_errors=False)}
+    %if thing.can_edit:
+      <div class="gray-buttons settings">
+        <button class="edit-description">${_('edit description')}</button>
+      </div>
+    %endif
+  </div>
+
   <h3>${unsafe(_('%(count)s subreddits in this multi:') % dict(count='<span class="count">%d</span>&#32;' % len(thing.srs)))}</h3>
   <ul class="subreddits">
   %for sr in thing.srs:
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
index b7fd0f3e6..604f9f0d4 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 
 %if thing.have_form:
   <form action="#" class="${thing.css_class}"
+      %if thing.post_form:
         onsubmit="return post_form(this, '${thing.post_form}')"
+      %endif
         ${"style='display:none'" if not thing.display else ""}
         id="form-${thing.fullname + randstr(3)}">
 %else:
@@ -77,13 +79,15 @@
 
         <a href="/wiki/reddiquette" class="reddiquette" target="_blank" tabindex="100">${_('reddiquette')}</a>
 
-        ${error_field("TOO_LONG", thing.name, "span")}
-        ${error_field("RATELIMIT", "ratelimit", "span")}
-        ${error_field("NO_TEXT", thing.name, "span")}
-        ${error_field("TOO_OLD", "parent", "span")}
-        ${error_field("DELETED_COMMENT", "parent", "span")}
-        ${error_field("DELETED_LINK", "parent", "span")}
-        ${error_field("USER_BLOCKED", "parent", "span")}
+        %if thing.include_errors:
+          ${error_field("TOO_LONG", thing.name, "span")}
+          ${error_field("RATELIMIT", "ratelimit", "span")}
+          ${error_field("NO_TEXT", thing.name, "span")}
+          ${error_field("TOO_OLD", "parent", "span")}
+          ${error_field("DELETED_COMMENT", "parent", "span")}
+          ${error_field("DELETED_LINK", "parent", "span")}
+          ${error_field("USER_BLOCKED", "parent", "span")}
+        %endif
         <div class="usertext-buttons">
           ${action_button("save", "submit", "",
                           thing.creating and thing.have_form)}