diff --git a/src/rpc/server.cpp b/src/rpc/server.cpp
index 73b0d248f6f..5f3bf91683b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/server.cpp
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ UniValue OpenRPCArgSchema(const RPCArg& arg, bool include_hidden, bool in_skip_t
         schema.pushKV("type", "object");
         if (!arg.m_inner.empty()) {
             schema.pushKV("additionalProperties", OpenRPCArgSchema(arg.m_inner[0], include_hidden, in_skip_type_check));
+            if (!arg.m_inner[0].m_description.empty()) {
+                schema.pushKV("description", arg.m_inner[0].m_description);
+            }
         } else {
             schema.pushKV("additionalProperties", true);
         }
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_openrpc.py b/test/functional/rpc_openrpc.py
index d25d6daff0b..5a57e6251ad 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_openrpc.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_openrpc.py
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ class OpenRPCDocTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.log.info("Checking relaxed schemas for unchecked RPC types")
         createrawtransaction = find_method(openrpc, "createrawtransaction")
         outputs = find_param(createrawtransaction, "outputs")
-        address_obj = { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": {"oneOf": [{"type": "number"},{"type": "string"}]}}
+        address_description = "A key-value pair. The key (string) is the bitcoin address, the value (float or string) is the amount in BTC"
+        address_obj = {"type": "object", "additionalProperties": {"oneOf": [{"type": "number"},{"type": "string"}]}, "description": address_description}
         data_description = "A key-value pair. The key must be \"data\", the value is hex-encoded data that becomes a part of an OP_RETURN output"
         data_obj = {"type": "object", "properties": { "data": {"type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9a-fA-F]+$", "description": data_description}}, "additionalProperties": False, "required": ["data"]}
         assert_equal(outputs["schema"], {"oneOf": [{"type": "array", "items": {"anyOf": [address_obj, data_obj]}}, {"type": "object"}]})