diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7514d715..37923c62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ All posts are written using Markdown with frontmatter YAML, and should have the
 ```markdown
 ---
 title: Title for the post
+description: one sentence describing the post
 layout: post
 tags:
     - update