# Excerpt as Description

Provide a description for custom endpoints, persisted queries, and others, through their excerpt

## Description

Use the excerpt field to provide a description for the different Custom Post Type entities:

- GraphQL Persisted Queries
- GraphQL Custom Endpoints
- GraphQL Schema Configurations
- Access Control Lists
- Cache Control Lists
- Field Deprecation Lists

The description is shown in the table listing the entities for each Custom Post Type, under column `Description`:

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![Persisted queries with description](../../images/persisted-queries-page.webp "Persisted queries with description")

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The description is also displayed when visualizing the entity:

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![Persisted query source with description](../../images/persisted-query-source.webp "Persisted query source with description")

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## How to use

When editing the entity, use the excerpt field to provide a description:

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![Excerpt as description](../../images/excerpt-as-description.webp "Excerpt as description")

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