diff --git a/changelog.d/avatar-description-mastodon-api.change b/changelog.d/avatar-description-mastodon-api.change
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a454c01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/avatar-description-mastodon-api.change
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Move avatar_description and header_description fields to the account object
diff --git a/docs/development/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md b/docs/development/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md
index 052b2716b..358d05bf4 100644
--- a/docs/development/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md
+++ b/docs/development/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ Has these additional fields under the `pleroma` object:
 - `notification_settings`: object, can be absent. See `/api/v1/pleroma/notification_settings` for the parameters/keys returned.
 - `accepts_chat_messages`: boolean, but can be null if we don't have that information about a user
 - `favicon`: nullable URL string, Favicon image of the user's instance
-- `avatar_description`: string, image description for user avatar, defaults to empty string
-- `header_description`: string, image description for user banner, defaults to empty string
 
 ### Source
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/account.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/account.ex
index 7d0b83afe..efdced316 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/account.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/account.ex
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Schemas.Account do
       acct: %Schema{type: :string},
       avatar_static: %Schema{type: :string, format: :uri},
       avatar: %Schema{type: :string, format: :uri},
+      avatar_description: %Schema{type: :string},
       bot: %Schema{type: :boolean},
       created_at: %Schema{type: :string, format: "date-time"},
       display_name: %Schema{type: :string},
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Schemas.Account do
       following_count: %Schema{type: :integer},
       header_static: %Schema{type: :string, format: :uri},
       header: %Schema{type: :string, format: :uri},
+      header_description: %Schema{type: :string},
       id: FlakeID,
       locked: %Schema{type: :boolean},
       note: %Schema{type: :string, format: :html},
@@ -111,8 +113,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Schemas.Account do
             nullable: true,
             description: "Favicon image of the user's instance"
           },
-          avatar_description: %Schema{type: :string},
-          header_description: %Schema{type: :string}
+          avatar_description: %Schema{type: :string, deprecated: true},
+          header_description: %Schema{type: :string, deprecated: true}
         }
       },
       source: %Schema{
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
index 29c63eb60..5386c5a6c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -300,8 +300,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
       note: user.bio,
       url: user.uri || user.ap_id,
       avatar: avatar,
+      avatar_description: avatar_description,
       avatar_static: avatar_static,
       header: header,
+      header_description: header_description,
       header_static: header_static,
       emojis: emojis,
       fields: user.fields,
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs
index c230cf653..f34a801c1 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountViewTest do
       note: "<span>valid html</span>. a<br/>b<br/>c<br/>d<br/>f &#39;&amp;&lt;&gt;&quot;",
       url: user.ap_id,
       avatar: "http://localhost:4001/images/avi.png",
+      avatar_description: "",
       avatar_static: "http://localhost:4001/images/avi.png",
       header: "http://localhost:4001/images/banner.png",
+      header_description: "",
       header_static: "http://localhost:4001/images/banner.png",
       emojis: [
         %{
@@ -326,8 +328,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountViewTest do
       note: user.bio,
       url: user.ap_id,
       avatar: "http://localhost:4001/images/avi.png",
+      avatar_description: "",
       avatar_static: "http://localhost:4001/images/avi.png",
       header: "http://localhost:4001/images/banner.png",
+      header_description: "",
       header_static: "http://localhost:4001/images/banner.png",
       emojis: [],
       fields: [],