diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 39e5a82..76efc16 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ mod tests {
                 // (min/max)-length is supposed to be for strings, but poem uses it for arrays too?
                 assert_eq!(box_meta.min_length, Some(1));
                 assert_eq!(box_meta.max_length, Some(MAX));
-                assert_eq!(box_meta.title, Some(format!("1 to {MAX} items of type {}", <T as Type>::RawElementValueType::name())));
+                let max_str = MAX.to_string();
+                let max = max_str.as_str();
+                assert_eq!(box_meta.description, Some(format!("1 to {max} items of type {}", <T as Type>::RawElementValueType::name()).as_str()));
             },
             MetaSchemaRef::Reference(s) => {
                 panic!("expected Inline schema, got Reference: {s}");
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ mod tests {
                     assert_eq!(box_meta.max_items, None);
                     assert_eq!(box_meta.min_length, Some(1));
                     assert_eq!(box_meta.max_length, None);
-                    assert_eq!(box_meta.title, Some(format!("at least 1 item of type {}", <PoemSmallVec::<u32, 4> as Type>::RawElementValueType::name())));
+                    let elem_type_name = <PoemSmallVec::<u32, 4> as Type>::RawElementValueType::name();
+                    assert_eq!(box_meta.title, Some(format!("Vec<{}>", elem_type_name)));
+                    assert_eq!(box_meta.description, Some(format!("at least 1 item of type {}", elem_type_name)).as_deref());
                 },
                 MetaSchemaRef::Reference(s) => {
                     panic!("expected Inline schema, got Reference: {s}");
diff --git a/src/smallvec.rs b/src/smallvec.rs
index 94eb076..90085c8 100644
--- a/src/smallvec.rs
+++ b/src/smallvec.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ impl<T: Type, const SIZE: usize> Type for PoemSmallVec<T, SIZE> {
         let mut schema = vec_schema.unwrap_inline().clone();
         schema.min_items = Some(1);
         schema.min_length = Some(1);
-        schema.title = Some(format!("at least 1 item of type {}", T::name()));
+        schema.title = Some(format!("Vec<{}>", T::name()));
+
+        let desc = ["at least 1 item of type ", &T::name()].concat();
+        // this should only get called to build the openapi schema, and not be a repeated cost
+        schema.description = Some(Box::leak(desc.into_boxed_str()));
+
         MetaSchemaRef::Inline(Box::new(schema))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 63d157e..607bd1f 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ pub(crate) fn fixed_capacity_schema_ref<T: Type, const SIZE: usize>() -> MetaSch
     schema.min_length = Some(1); 
     schema.min_items = Some(1);
     schema.max_items = Some(SIZE);
-    schema.title = Some(format!("1 to {SIZE} items of type {}", T::name()));
+    schema.title = Some(format!("ArrayVec<{}>", T::name()));
+
+    let desc = format!("1 to {SIZE} items of type {}", T::name());
+    // this should only get called to build the openapi schema, and not be a repeated cost
+    schema.description = Some(Box::leak(desc.into_boxed_str()));
+
     MetaSchemaRef::Inline(Box::new(schema))
 }