diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/Observation.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/Observation.java
index 241e0c14ad16f334804c251a2f47dc698315c2f1..863a6be53cf41ac3278c12cb6f182341bd7fecea 100755
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/Observation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/Observation.java
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ public class Observation implements Serializable, no.nibio.vips.observation.Obse
                 // choice of the observer
                 this.location != null && this.geoinfo == null ? this.location.getGeoJSON() : this.getGeoinfo(),
                 this.getObservationHeading(),
+                this.getObservationText(),
                 this.getBroadcastMessage(),
                 this.getLocationIsPrivate(),
                 this.getIsPositive(),
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/rest/ObservationListItem.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/rest/ObservationListItem.java
index a4dd12f901526bfda95fb6c5edadc1c793218772..463da57b11f2b4966cd75e3d16d8990f2950122e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/rest/ObservationListItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/entity/rest/ObservationListItem.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class ObservationListItem implements Comparable{
     private String observationTimeSeriesLabel;
     private String geoInfo;
     private String observationHeading;
+    private String observationText;
     private String observationData;
     private ObservationDataSchema observationDataSchema;
     private Boolean broadcastMessage;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public class ObservationListItem implements Comparable{
             String observationTimeSeriesLabel,
             String geoinfo,
             String observationHeading,
+            String observationText,
             Boolean broadcastMessage,
             Boolean locationIsPrivate,
             Boolean isPositive,
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ public class ObservationListItem implements Comparable{
         this.observationTimeSeriesLabel = observationTimeSeriesLabel;
         this.geoInfo = geoinfo;
         this.observationHeading = observationHeading;
+        this.observationText = observationText;
         this.broadcastMessage = broadcastMessage;
         this.locationIsPrivate = locationIsPrivate;
         this.isPositive = isPositive;
@@ -190,6 +193,20 @@ public class ObservationListItem implements Comparable{
         this.observationHeading = observationHeading;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the observation text
+     */
+    public String getObservationText() {
+        return observationText;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param observationText The observation text to set
+     */
+    public void setObservationText(String observationText) {
+        this.observationText = observationText;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the organismId
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java
index 128a5bf9c241cb2103a9bc04d34486a1d313def7..df362f8538e454defc4e1bef1f2b3597e5e959e8 100755
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class ObservationService {
 
         try {
             List<ObservationListItem> observations = getFilteredObservationListItems(organizationId, observationTimeSeriesId, pestId, cropId, cropCategoryId, fromStr, toStr, userUUID, localeStr, isPositive);
-            byte[] excelFile = ExcelFileGenerator.generateExcel(observations, locale);
+            byte[] excelFile = ExcelFileGenerator.generateExcel(user, locale, observations);
 
             return Response
                     .ok(excelFile)
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/util/ExcelFileGenerator.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/util/ExcelFileGenerator.java
index 0e927d28cfd17357b6d7d3ad2633cd6ff51cc045..2a68e68af240bf195e3221fb462e74b8e634da67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/util/ExcelFileGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/util/ExcelFileGenerator.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale;
+import no.nibio.vips.logic.entity.VipsLogicUser;
 import no.nibio.vips.logic.entity.rest.ObservationListItem;
 import no.nibio.vips.observationdata.ObservationDataSchema;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
@@ -26,9 +27,10 @@ public final class ExcelFileGenerator {
     private static final int COL_INDEX_ORGANISM = 2;
     private static final int COL_INDEX_CROP_ORGANISM = 3;
     private static final int COL_INDEX_HEADING = 4;
-    private static final int COL_START_INDEX_DATA = 5;
+    private static final int COL_INDEX_DESCRIPTION = 5;
+    private static final int COL_START_INDEX_DATA = 6;
 
-    public static byte[] generateExcel(List<ObservationListItem> observations, ULocale locale) throws IOException {
+    public static byte[] generateExcel(VipsLogicUser user, ULocale locale, List<ObservationListItem> observations) throws IOException {
         ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("no.nibio.vips.logic.i18n.vipslogictexts", locale.toLocale());
 
         try (XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ public final class ExcelFileGenerator {
             for (ObservationListItem item : observations) {
                 createItemRow(mainSheet, mainSheetRowIndex++, item);
             }
-            autoSizeColumns(mainSheet, 0, COL_INDEX_HEADING);
+            autoSizeColumns(mainSheet, 0, COL_INDEX_DESCRIPTION);
 
             // Prepare list of observations for each type of pest
             Map<Integer, List<ObservationListItem>> pestObservations = getObservationsForEachPest(observations);
@@ -161,6 +163,24 @@ public final class ExcelFileGenerator {
         return pestObservations;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create first row of given sheet, with standard set of column titles
+     *
+     * @param sheet The sheet to which a row will be added
+     * @param rb    A resource bundle enabling localized messages
+     * @return the newly created header row
+     */
+    public static Row createHeaderRow(Sheet sheet, ResourceBundle rb) {
+        Row headerRow = sheet.createRow(0);
+        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_DATE).setCellValue(rb.getString("timeOfObservation"));
+        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_LOCATION).setCellValue(rb.getString("location"));
+        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_ORGANISM).setCellValue(rb.getString("organism"));
+        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_CROP_ORGANISM).setCellValue(rb.getString("cropOrganismId"));
+        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_HEADING).setCellValue(rb.getString("observationHeading"));
+        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_DESCRIPTION).setCellValue(rb.getString("observationText"));
+        return headerRow;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create row with given index, for given observation list item
      *
@@ -179,23 +199,8 @@ public final class ExcelFileGenerator {
         row.createCell(COL_INDEX_ORGANISM).setCellValue(item.getOrganismName());
         row.createCell(COL_INDEX_CROP_ORGANISM).setCellValue(item.getCropOrganismName());
         row.createCell(COL_INDEX_HEADING).setCellValue(item.getObservationHeading());
+        row.createCell(COL_INDEX_DESCRIPTION).setCellValue(item.getObservationText());
         return row;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Create first row of given sheet, with standard set of column titles
-     *
-     * @param sheet The sheet to which a row will be added
-     * @param rb    A resource bundle enabling localized messages
-     * @return the newly created header row
-     */
-    public static Row createHeaderRow(Sheet sheet, ResourceBundle rb) {
-        Row headerRow = sheet.createRow(0);
-        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_DATE).setCellValue(rb.getString("timeOfObservation"));
-        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_LOCATION).setCellValue(rb.getString("location"));
-        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_ORGANISM).setCellValue(rb.getString("organism"));
-        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_CROP_ORGANISM).setCellValue(rb.getString("cropOrganismId"));
-        headerRow.createCell(COL_INDEX_HEADING).setCellValue(rb.getString("observationHeading"));
-        return headerRow;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts.properties b/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts.properties
index ac9819608aa1a1c0d740535f4016846db737bb89..7ad797d99f3104b5d4eb6739d06f09316118b934 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts.properties
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ observationSiteStored = Observation site was successfully updated
 
 observationStored = Observation was stored
 
-observationText = Observation text
+observationText = Description
 
 observations = Observations
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts_nb.properties b/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts_nb.properties
index ccc99bf289cefcae94c4472346ae762d02977cb3..cbb0beb9c8901c5960d5e8a728789b4b012c2cad 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts_nb.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/no/nibio/vips/logic/i18n/vipslogictexts_nb.properties
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ observationSiteStored = Rogneb\u00e6rm\u00f8llstasjonen ble oppdatert
 
 observationStored = Observasjonen ble lagret
 
-observationText = Observasjonstekst
+observationText = Beskrivelse
 
 observations = Observasjoner/f\u00f8rstefunn