diff --git a/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/cloudformation.go b/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/cloudformation.go
index c07f7766d..2d85a8a78 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/cloudformation.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/cloudformation.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (b Backend) Convert(project *types.Project) (*cloudformation.Template, erro
 	}
 
 	template := cloudformation.NewTemplate()
-
+	template.Description = "CloudFormation template created by Docker for deploying applications on Amazon ECS"
 	template.Parameters[ParameterClusterName] = cloudformation.Parameter{
 		Type:        "String",
 		Description: "Name of the ECS cluster to deploy to (optional)",
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/testdata/simple/simple-cloudformation-conversion.golden b/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/testdata/simple/simple-cloudformation-conversion.golden
index 7e8859050..4db597e4d 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/testdata/simple/simple-cloudformation-conversion.golden
+++ b/ecs/pkg/amazon/backend/testdata/simple/simple-cloudformation-conversion.golden
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
       ]
     }
   },
+  "Description": "CloudFormation template created by Docker for deploying applications on Amazon ECS",
   "Parameters": {
     "ParameterClusterName": {
       "Description": "Name of the ECS cluster to deploy to (optional)",