Normally, we put descriptions directly into the custom field's description textbox, as demonstrated. You can also put your descriptions into the field configuration settings, such as hiding a field. Doing so offers the following advantages:
- You can have different help text for different project/issue type contexts.
- You can set help text for fields that are not custom fields, such as Summary and Description.
Proceed with the following steps to set field descriptions in the field configuration:
- Navigate to Administration > Issues > Field Configurations.
- Click on the Configure link for the field configuration used by the project and issue type.
- Click on the Edit link for the field.
- Enter the HTML snippets into the Description field, and click on Update.