diff --git a/search_service/api/table.py b/search_service/api/table.py
index 0656d2be..b7035797 100644
--- a/search_service/api/table.py
+++ b/search_service/api/table.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     "badges": fields.List(fields.Nested(tag_fields)),
     # last etl timestamp as epoch
     "last_updated_timestamp": fields.Integer,
-    "display_name": fields.String
+    "display_name": fields.String,
+    "schema_description": fields.String
 }
 
 search_table_results = {
diff --git a/search_service/models/table.py b/search_service/models/table.py
index f5deb125..3c509f36 100644
--- a/search_service/models/table.py
+++ b/search_service/models/table.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Table(Base):
     column_descriptions: List[str] = []
     # The following are search-only properties:
     total_usage: int = 0
+    schema_description: Optional[str] = attr.ib(default=None)
 
     def get_id(self) -> str:
         # uses the table key as the document id in ES
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ def get_attrs(cls) -> Set:
             'tags',
             'badges',
             'last_updated_timestamp',
-            'display_name'
+            'display_name',
+            'schema_description'
         }
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d7b0c15..5b9f4102 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-__version__ = '2.3.0'
+__version__ = '2.3.1'
 
 requirements_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'requirements.txt')
 with open(requirements_path) as requirements_file:
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/table/fixtures.py b/tests/unit/api/table/fixtures.py
index 257daf1b..dbf9595c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/table/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/unit/api/table/fixtures.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ def mock_proxy_results() -> Table:
                  column_names=['col1', 'col2'],
                  tags=[Tag(tag_name='tag')],
                  badges=[Tag(tag_name='badge1')],
-                 last_updated_timestamp=1568324871)
+                 last_updated_timestamp=1568324871,
+                 schema_description='schema description')
 
 
 def mock_json_response() -> dict:
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ def mock_json_response() -> dict:
         "tags": [{'tag_name': 'tag'}],
         "badges": [{'tag_name': 'badge1'}],
         "last_updated_timestamp": 1568324871,
+        "schema_description": 'schema description',
     }
 
 
@@ -45,4 +47,5 @@ def default_json_response() -> dict:
         "tags": None,
         "badges": None,
         "last_updated_timestamp": 0,
+        "schema_description": None,
     }
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_elasticsearch.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_elasticsearch.py
index 71350270..9a63abeb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_elasticsearch.py
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ def test_search_with_one_user_result(self,
     def test_create_document_with_no_data(self) -> None:
         expected = ''
         result = self.es_proxy.create_document(data=None, index='table_search_index')
+        print('result: {}'.format(result))
         self.assertEquals(expected, result)
 
     @patch('uuid.uuid4')
@@ -476,11 +477,12 @@ def test_create_document(self, mock_uuid: MagicMock) -> None:
                   schema='test_schema', description='A table for something',
                   key='snowflake://blue.test_schema/bank_accounts',
                   last_updated_timestamp=0, name='bank_accounts', tags=[], badges=self.mock_empty_badge,
-                  column_descriptions=['desc']),
+                  column_descriptions=['desc'], schema_description='schema description 1'),
             Table(cluster='blue', column_names=['5', '6'], database='snowflake',
                   schema='test_schema', description='A table for lots of things!',
                   key='snowflake://blue.test_schema/bitcoin_wallets',
-                  last_updated_timestamp=0, name='bitcoin_wallets', tags=[], badges=self.mock_empty_badge)
+                  last_updated_timestamp=0, name='bitcoin_wallets', tags=[], badges=self.mock_empty_badge,
+                  schema_description='schema description 2')
         ]
         expected_data = [
             {
@@ -503,7 +505,8 @@ def test_create_document(self, mock_uuid: MagicMock) -> None:
                 'name': 'bank_accounts',
                 'tags': [],
                 'badges': [],
-                'total_usage': 0
+                'total_usage': 0,
+                'schema_description': 'schema description 1',
             },
             {
                 'index': {
@@ -525,7 +528,8 @@ def test_create_document(self, mock_uuid: MagicMock) -> None:
                 'name': 'bitcoin_wallets',
                 'tags': [],
                 'badges': [],
-                'total_usage': 0
+                'total_usage': 0,
+                'schema_description': 'schema description 2',
             }
         ]
         mock_elasticsearch.bulk.return_value = {'errors': False}
@@ -552,7 +556,8 @@ def test_update_document(self, mock_uuid: MagicMock) -> None:
             Table(cluster='blue', column_names=['5', '6'], database='snowflake',
                   schema='test_schema', description='A table for lots of things!',
                   key=table_key, last_updated_timestamp=0, name='bitcoin_wallets',
-                  tags=[], column_descriptions=['hello'], badges=self.mock_empty_badge)
+                  tags=[], column_descriptions=['hello'], badges=self.mock_empty_badge,
+                  schema_description='schema description 1')
         ]
         expected_data = [
             {
@@ -576,7 +581,8 @@ def test_update_document(self, mock_uuid: MagicMock) -> None:
                     'name': 'bitcoin_wallets',
                     'tags': [],
                     'badges': [],
-                    'total_usage': 0
+                    'total_usage': 0,
+                    'schema_description': 'schema description 1',
                 }
             }
         ]