While having a meaningful name for your fields will help your users understand what the fields are for, providing a short description will provide more context and meaning. Field descriptions are displayed under the fields when you create or edit an issue. To add a description for a field, do the following:
- Browse to the View Field Configuration page for the field configuration you wish to use
- Click on the Edit link for the field for which you wish to set a description
- Add a description for the field, and click on Update
For custom fields, the description you enter here will override the description you provide when you first create them.