diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index a0ff491..0d90c9d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -2057,6 +2057,7 @@ An array of groups which can optionally have a title and a custom color.
 | ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- |
 | title | string | yes | |
 | url | string | yes | |
+| description | string | no | |
 | icon | string | no | |
 | same-tab | boolean | no | false |
 | hide-arrow | boolean | no | false |
diff --git a/internal/glance/templates/bookmarks.html b/internal/glance/templates/bookmarks.html
index f247bdb..1952cdb 100644
--- a/internal/glance/templates/bookmarks.html
+++ b/internal/glance/templates/bookmarks.html
@@ -2,22 +2,29 @@
 
 {{ define "widget-content" }}
 <div class="dynamic-columns list-gap-24 list-with-separator">
-    {{ range .Groups }}
+    {{- range .Groups }}
     <div class="bookmarks-group"{{ if .Color }} style="--bookmarks-group-color: {{ .Color.String | safeCSS }}"{{ end }}>
-        {{ if ne .Title "" }}<div class="bookmarks-group-title size-h3 margin-bottom-3">{{ .Title }}</div>{{ end }}
+        {{- if ne .Title "" }}
+        <div class="bookmarks-group-title size-h3 margin-bottom-3">{{ .Title }}</div>
+        {{- end }}
         <ul class="list list-gap-2">
-        {{ range .Links }}
-        <li class="flex items-center gap-10">
-            {{ if ne "" .Icon.URL }}
-            <div class="bookmarks-icon-container">
-                <img class="bookmarks-icon{{ if .Icon.IsFlatIcon }} flat-icon{{ end }}" src="{{ .Icon.URL }}" alt="" loading="lazy">
+        {{- range .Links }}
+        <li>
+            <div class="flex items-center gap-10">
+                {{- if ne "" .Icon.URL }}
+                <div class="bookmarks-icon-container">
+                    <img class="bookmarks-icon{{ if .Icon.IsFlatIcon }} flat-icon{{ end }}" src="{{ .Icon.URL }}" alt="" loading="lazy">
+                </div>
+                {{- end }}
+                <a href="{{ .URL | safeURL }}" class="bookmarks-link {{ if .HideArrow }}bookmarks-link-no-arrow {{ end }}color-highlight size-h4" {{ if .Target }}target="{{ .Target }}"{{ end }} rel="noreferrer">{{ .Title }}</a>
             </div>
-            {{ end }}
-            <a href="{{ .URL | safeURL }}" class="bookmarks-link {{ if .HideArrow }}bookmarks-link-no-arrow {{ end }}color-highlight size-h4" {{ if .Target }}target="{{ .Target }}"{{ end }} rel="noreferrer">{{ .Title }}</a>
+            {{- if .Description }}
+            <div class="margin-bottom-5">{{ .Description }}</div>
+            {{- end }}
         </li>
-        {{ end }}
+        {{- end }}
         </ul>
     </div>
-    {{ end }}
+    {{- end }}
 </div>
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/internal/glance/widget-bookmarks.go b/internal/glance/widget-bookmarks.go
index 4f3d26e..2245e2e 100644
--- a/internal/glance/widget-bookmarks.go
+++ b/internal/glance/widget-bookmarks.go
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ type bookmarksWidget struct {
 		HideArrow bool           `yaml:"hide-arrow"`
 		Target    string         `yaml:"target"`
 		Links     []struct {
-			Title string          `yaml:"title"`
-			URL   string          `yaml:"url"`
-			Icon  customIconField `yaml:"icon"`
+			Title       string          `yaml:"title"`
+			URL         string          `yaml:"url"`
+			Description string          `yaml:"description"`
+			Icon        customIconField `yaml:"icon"`
 			// we need a pointer to bool to know whether a value was provided,
 			// however there's no way to dereference a pointer in a template so
 			// {{ if not .SameTab }} would return true for any non-nil pointer