diff --git a/nox/tox_to_nox.jinja2 b/nox/tox_to_nox.jinja2
index 1444607f..1e22ca89 100644
--- a/nox/tox_to_nox.jinja2
+++ b/nox/tox_to_nox.jinja2
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import nox
 {% for envname, envconfig in config.envconfigs.items()|sort: %}
 @nox.session({%- if envconfig.basepython %}python='{{envconfig.basepython}}'{%- endif %})
 def {{fixname(envname)}}(session):
+    {%- if envconfig.description != '' %}
+    """{{envconfig.description}}"""
+    {%- endif %}
     {%- set envs = dict(envconfig.setenv) -%}
     {%- do envs.pop('PYTHONHASHSEED', None) -%}
     {%- do envs.pop('TOX_ENV_DIR', None) -%}
diff --git a/tests/test_tox_to_nox.py b/tests/test_tox_to_nox.py
index f676cab6..c7b54850 100644
--- a/tests/test_tox_to_nox.py
+++ b/tests/test_tox_to_nox.py
@@ -311,3 +311,35 @@ def test_with_&(session):
         == "Environment 'test_with_&' is not a valid nox session name.\n"
         "Manually update the session name in noxfile.py before running nox.\n"
     )
+
+
+def test_descriptions_into_docstrings(makeconfig):
+    result = makeconfig(
+        textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            [tox]
+            envlist = lint
+
+            [testenv:lint]
+            basepython = python2.7
+            description =
+                runs the lint action
+                now with an unnecessary second line
+            """
+        )
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        result
+        == textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            import nox
+
+
+            @nox.session(python='python2.7')
+            def lint(session):
+                \"\"\"runs the lint action now with an unnecessary second line\"\"\"
+                session.install('.')
+            """
+        ).lstrip()
+    )