diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/view/cbi/cell_valueheader.htm b/modules/luci-base/luasrc/view/cbi/cell_valueheader.htm
index dbb0e1120b..ea0568f409 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/view/cbi/cell_valueheader.htm
+++ b/modules/luci-base/luasrc/view/cbi/cell_valueheader.htm
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <%-
 	local title = luci.util.trim(striptags(self.title))
-	local ftype = self.template and self.template:gsub("^.+/", "")
+	local descr = luci.util.trim(striptags(self.description))
+	local ftype = self.typename or (self.template and self.template:gsub("^.+/", ""))
 -%>
 <div class="td cbi-value-field<% if self.error and self.error[section] then %> cbi-value-error<% end %>"<%=
 	attr("data-name", self.option) ..
 	ifattr(ftype and #ftype > 0, "data-type", ftype) ..
-	ifattr(title and #title > 0, "data-title", title)
+	ifattr(title and #title > 0, "data-title", title) ..
+	ifattr(descr and #descr > 0, "data-description", descr)
 %>>
 <div id="cbi-<%=self.config.."-"..section.."-"..self.option%>" data-index="<%=self.index%>" data-depends="<%=pcdata(self:deplist2json(section))%>">