diff --git a/app/components/InputRich.js b/app/components/InputRich.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2b08843c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/InputRich.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// @flow
+import * as React from 'react';
+import styled from 'styled-components';
+import RichMarkdownEditor from 'rich-markdown-editor';
+import { LabelText, Outline } from 'components/Input';
+
+type Props = {
+  label: string,
+  minHeight?: number,
+  maxHeight?: number,
+};
+
+export default function InputRich({
+  label,
+  minHeight,
+  maxHeight,
+  ...rest
+}: Props) {
+  return (
+    <React.Fragment>
+      <LabelText>{label}</LabelText>
+      <StyledOutline maxHeight={maxHeight} minHeight={minHeight}>
+        <RichMarkdownEditor {...rest} />
+      </StyledOutline>
+    </React.Fragment>
+  );
+}
+
+const StyledOutline = styled(Outline)`
+  padding: 8px 12px;
+  min-height: ${({ minHeight }) => (minHeight ? `${minHeight}px` : '0')};
+  max-height: ${({ maxHeight }) => (maxHeight ? `${maxHeight}px` : 'auto')};
+  overflow: scroll;
+
+  > * {
+    display: block;
+  }
+`;
diff --git a/app/models/Collection.js b/app/models/Collection.js
index 625bb87ba..9a005e56a 100644
--- a/app/models/Collection.js
+++ b/app/models/Collection.js
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ import type { NavigationNode } from 'types';
 class Collection extends BaseModel {
   isSaving: boolean = false;
   ui: UiStore;
-  data: Object;
 
   createdAt: string;
-  description: ?string;
+  description: string;
   id: string;
   name: string;
   color: string;
@@ -24,15 +23,6 @@ class Collection extends BaseModel {
   updatedAt: string;
   url: string;
 
-  /* Computed */
-
-  @computed
-  get entryUrl(): string {
-    return this.type === 'atlas' && this.documents.length > 0
-      ? this.documents[0].url
-      : this.url;
-  }
-
   @computed
   get isEmpty(): boolean {
     return this.documents.length === 0;
@@ -66,8 +56,6 @@ class Collection extends BaseModel {
     travelDocuments(this.documents);
   }
 
-  /* Actions */
-
   @action
   fetch = async () => {
     try {
@@ -138,7 +126,6 @@ class Collection extends BaseModel {
 
   @action
   updateData(data: Object = {}) {
-    this.data = data;
     extendObservable(this, data);
   }
 
diff --git a/app/scenes/Collection.js b/app/scenes/Collection.js
index 99cd8e2da..cc6720efe 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Collection.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Collection.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { observer, inject } from 'mobx-react';
 import { withRouter, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { CollectionIcon, NewDocumentIcon, PinIcon } from 'outline-icons';
+import RichMarkdownEditor from 'rich-markdown-editor';
 
 import { newDocumentUrl } from 'utils/routeHelpers';
 import CollectionsStore from 'stores/CollectionsStore';
@@ -157,6 +158,13 @@ class CollectionScene extends React.Component<Props> {
               />{' '}
               {this.collection.name}
             </Heading>
+            {this.collection.description && (
+              <RichMarkdownEditor
+                key={this.collection.description}
+                defaultValue={this.collection.description}
+                readOnly
+              />
+            )}
 
             {hasPinnedDocuments && (
               <React.Fragment>
diff --git a/app/scenes/CollectionEdit.js b/app/scenes/CollectionEdit.js
index 6ae01f237..c68720982 100644
--- a/app/scenes/CollectionEdit.js
+++ b/app/scenes/CollectionEdit.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { observable } from 'mobx';
 import { inject, observer } from 'mobx-react';
-import Button from 'components/Button';
 import Input from 'components/Input';
+import InputRich from 'components/InputRich';
+import Button from 'components/Button';
 import Flex from 'shared/components/Flex';
 import HelpText from 'components/HelpText';
 import ColorPicker from 'components/ColorPicker';
@@ -19,18 +20,24 @@ type Props = {
 @observer
 class CollectionEdit extends React.Component<Props> {
   @observable name: string;
+  @observable description: string = '';
   @observable color: string = '';
   @observable isSaving: boolean;
 
   componentWillMount() {
     this.name = this.props.collection.name;
+    this.description = this.props.collection.description;
   }
 
   handleSubmit = async (ev: SyntheticEvent<*>) => {
     ev.preventDefault();
     this.isSaving = true;
 
-    this.props.collection.updateData({ name: this.name, color: this.color });
+    this.props.collection.updateData({
+      name: this.name,
+      description: this.description,
+      color: this.color,
+    });
     const success = await this.props.collection.save();
 
     if (success) {
@@ -40,6 +47,10 @@ class CollectionEdit extends React.Component<Props> {
     this.isSaving = false;
   };
 
+  handleDescriptionChange = getValue => {
+    this.description = getValue();
+  };
+
   handleNameChange = (ev: SyntheticInputEvent<*>) => {
     this.name = ev.target.value;
   };
@@ -53,8 +64,8 @@ class CollectionEdit extends React.Component<Props> {
       <Flex column>
         <form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
           <HelpText>
-            You can edit a collection’s name at any time, however doing so might
-            confuse your team mates.
+            You can edit a collection’s details at any time, however doing so
+            might confuse your team mates.
           </HelpText>
           <Input
             type="text"
@@ -64,6 +75,14 @@ class CollectionEdit extends React.Component<Props> {
             required
             autoFocus
           />
+          <InputRich
+            label="Description"
+            onChange={this.handleDescriptionChange}
+            defaultValue={this.description || ''}
+            placeholder="More details about this collection…"
+            minHeight={68}
+            maxHeight={200}
+          />
           <ColorPicker
             onSelect={this.handleColor}
             value={this.props.collection.color}
diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js b/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js
index 69f4bee81..aec86e854 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { Block, Change, Node, Mark, Text } from 'slate';
-import RichMarkdownEditor, { Placeholder, schema } from 'rich-markdown-editor';
+import { Text } from 'slate';
+import RichMarkdownEditor, { Placeholder } from 'rich-markdown-editor';
 import ClickablePadding from 'components/ClickablePadding';
+import schema from '../schema';
 
 type Props = {
   titlePlaceholder?: string,
@@ -12,33 +13,6 @@ type Props = {
   readOnly: boolean,
 };
 
-// add rules to the schema to ensure the first node is a heading
-schema.document.nodes.unshift({ types: ['heading1'], min: 1, max: 1 });
-schema.document.normalize = (
-  change: Change,
-  reason: string,
-  {
-    node,
-    child,
-    mark,
-    index,
-  }: { node: Node, mark?: Mark, child: Node, index: number }
-) => {
-  switch (reason) {
-    case 'child_type_invalid': {
-      return change.setNodeByKey(
-        child.key,
-        index === 0 ? 'heading1' : 'paragraph'
-      );
-    }
-    case 'child_required': {
-      const block = Block.create(index === 0 ? 'heading1' : 'paragraph');
-      return change.insertNodeByKey(node.key, index, block);
-    }
-    default:
-  }
-};
-
 class Editor extends React.Component<Props> {
   editor: *;
 
diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/schema.js b/app/scenes/Document/schema.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64a3be4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/schema.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// @flow
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
+import { Block, Change, Node, Mark } from 'slate';
+import { schema as originalSchema } from 'rich-markdown-editor';
+
+const schema = cloneDeep(originalSchema);
+
+// add rules to the schema to ensure the first node is a heading
+schema.document.nodes.unshift({ types: ['heading1'], min: 1, max: 1 });
+schema.document.normalize = (
+  change: Change,
+  reason: string,
+  {
+    node,
+    child,
+    mark,
+    index,
+  }: { node: Node, mark?: Mark, child: Node, index: number }
+) => {
+  switch (reason) {
+    case 'child_type_invalid': {
+      return change.setNodeByKey(
+        child.key,
+        index === 0 ? 'heading1' : 'paragraph'
+      );
+    }
+    case 'child_required': {
+      const block = Block.create(index === 0 ? 'heading1' : 'paragraph');
+      return change.insertNodeByKey(node.key, index, block);
+    }
+    default:
+  }
+};
+
+export default schema;
diff --git a/server/api/collections.js b/server/api/collections.js
index a15942674..9812f0700 100644
--- a/server/api/collections.js
+++ b/server/api/collections.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ router.post('collections.exportAll', auth(), async ctx => {
 });
 
 router.post('collections.update', auth(), async ctx => {
-  const { id, name, color } = ctx.body;
+  const { id, name, description, color } = ctx.body;
   ctx.assertPresent(name, 'name is required');
   if (color)
     ctx.assertHexColor(color, 'Invalid hex value (please use format #FFFFFF)');
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ router.post('collections.update', auth(), async ctx => {
   authorize(ctx.state.user, 'update', collection);
 
   collection.name = name;
+  collection.description = description;
   collection.color = color;
   await collection.save();