diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index deca28b7..127a56ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ In this section, we describe all data related to educational videos to be shown
 |title|LocalizedText|e.g. "Beta Blockers for Heart Failure"|May be localized.|
 |youtubeId|LocalizedText|e.g. "XfgcXkq61k0"|Contains the video id from YouTube.|
 |orderIndex|integer|e.g. 1|Since Firestore collections aren't necessarily ordered, we have this property to order the elements by on the clients. The list is supposed to be ordered ascending by `orderIndex`.|
+|description|LocalizedText|-|Describes the content of the video; to be shown underneath the video.|
 
 Embed links for YouTube: `https://youtube.com/embed/${youtubeId}`.
 Short links for YouTube: `https://youtu.be/${youtubeId}`. 
diff --git a/functions/models/src/types/video.ts b/functions/models/src/types/video.ts
index b9e8aee1..eeb859b9 100644
--- a/functions/models/src/types/video.ts
+++ b/functions/models/src/types/video.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ export const videoConverter = new Lazy(
           title: localizedTextConverter.schema,
           youtubeId: localizedTextConverter.schema,
           orderIndex: z.number(),
-          description: z.string(),
+          description: localizedTextConverter.schema,
         })
         .transform((content) => new Video(content)),
       encode: (object) => ({
         title: localizedTextConverter.encode(object.title),
         youtubeId: localizedTextConverter.encode(object.youtubeId),
         orderIndex: object.orderIndex,
-        description: object.description,
+        description: localizedTextConverter.encode(object.description),
       }),
     }),
 )
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class Video {
   readonly title: LocalizedText
   readonly youtubeId: LocalizedText
   readonly orderIndex: number
-  readonly description: string
+  readonly description: LocalizedText
 
   // Constructor
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class Video {
     title: LocalizedText
     youtubeId: LocalizedText
     orderIndex: number
-    description: string
+    description: LocalizedText
   }) {
     this.title = input.title
     this.youtubeId = input.youtubeId
diff --git a/functions/src/services/seeding/staticData/staticDataService.ts b/functions/src/services/seeding/staticData/staticDataService.ts
index b65a3c9d..cadef968 100644
--- a/functions/src/services/seeding/staticData/staticDataService.ts
+++ b/functions/src/services/seeding/staticData/staticDataService.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class StaticDataService extends SeedingService {
                 title: localizedTextConverter.schema,
                 youtubeId: localizedTextConverter.schema,
                 orderIndex: z.number(),
-                description: z.string(),
+                description: localizedTextConverter.schema,
               })
               .array(),
           }),