diff --git a/assets/theme-i18n.json b/assets/theme-i18n.json
index 7ce5231..1781b93 100644
--- a/assets/theme-i18n.json
+++ b/assets/theme-i18n.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"title": "Style variation name",
+	"description": "Style variation description",
 	"settings": {
 		"typography": {
 				"fontSizes": [
diff --git a/features/makepot.feature b/features/makepot.feature
index 802f2f9..9ff975a 100644
--- a/features/makepot.feature
+++ b/features/makepot.feature
@@ -3658,6 +3658,7 @@ Feature: Generate a POT file of a WordPress project
       {
         "version": "1",
         "title": "My style variation",
+        "description": "My style variation description",
         "settings": {
           "color": {
             "duotone": [
@@ -3716,6 +3717,11 @@ Feature: Generate a POT file of a WordPress project
       msgctxt "Style variation name"
       msgid "My style variation"
       """
+    And the foo-theme/foo-theme.pot file should contain:
+      """
+      msgctxt "Style variation description"
+      msgid "My style variation description"
+      """
 
   Scenario: Extract strings from the blocks section of theme.json files
     Given an empty foo-theme directory