diff --git a/InvenTree/common/migrations/0005_auto_20190915_1256.py b/InvenTree/common/migrations/0005_auto_20190915_1256.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b3205128d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/common/migrations/0005_auto_20190915_1256.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.5 on 2019-09-15 12:56
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('common', '0004_inventreesetting'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='inventreesetting',
+            name='description',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='Settings description', max_length=200),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='inventreesetting',
+            name='key',
+            field=models.CharField(help_text='Settings key (must be unique - case insensitive', max_length=50, unique=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/InvenTree/common/models.py b/InvenTree/common/models.py
index a5bc537325..a5338126d5 100644
--- a/InvenTree/common/models.py
+++ b/InvenTree/common/models.py
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ class InvenTreeSetting(models.Model):
         setting.value = value
         setting.save()
 
-    key = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=False, unique=True, help_text=_('Settings key'))
+    key = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=False, unique=True, help_text=_('Settings key (must be unique - case insensitive'))
 
     value = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True, unique=False, help_text=_('Settings value'))
 
+    description = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True, unique=False, help_text=_('Settings description'))
+
     def validate_unique(self, exclude=None):
         """ Ensure that the key:value pair is unique.
         In addition to the base validators, this ensures that the 'key'