diff --git a/db/connectors/ticket b/db/connectors/ticket
index 6df8b9d34..f9797b868 100755
--- a/db/connectors/ticket
+++ b/db/connectors/ticket
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Usage:
   ticket sprint assign <id> <sprint_id>
   ticket deps <id>
   ticket search <keyword>
-  ticket create <type> <title> [--parent N] [--priority P] [--decision D] [--team T]
+  ticket create <type> <title> [--parent N] [--priority P] [--decision D] [--team T] [--description TEXT]
   ticket epics [--status S]
   ticket children <id>
   ticket count [--status S]
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ def cmd_search(conn, keyword):
 
 
 def cmd_create(conn, args):
-    flags, positional = parse_flags(args, ["parent", "priority", "decision", "team"])
+    flags, positional = parse_flags(args, ["parent", "priority", "decision", "team", "description"])
     if len(positional) < 2:
-        out({"ok": False, "error": "Usage: ticket create <type> <title> [--parent N] [--priority P] [--decision D] [--team T]"})
+        out({"ok": False, "error": "Usage: ticket create <type> <title> [--parent N] [--priority P] [--decision D] [--team T] [--description TEXT]"})
         return
     ticket_type = positional[0]
     title = " ".join(positional[1:])
@@ -266,9 +266,10 @@ def cmd_create(conn, args):
     priority = flags.get("priority", "medium")
     decision_ref = flags.get("decision")
     team = flags.get("team")
+    description = flags.get("description")
     conn.execute(
-        "INSERT INTO tickets (type, title, parent_id, priority, decision_ref, team) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
-        (ticket_type, title, parent_id, priority, decision_ref, team))
+        "INSERT INTO tickets (type, title, description, parent_id, priority, decision_ref, team) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+        (ticket_type, title, description, parent_id, priority, decision_ref, team))
     conn.commit()
     last_id = query(conn, "SELECT last_insert_rowid() as id")[0]["id"]
     out({"ok": True, "id": last_id, "title": title})
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ Usage:
   ticket sprint assign <id> <sprint>  Assign ticket to sprint
   ticket deps <id>                    Show ticket dependencies
   ticket search <keyword>             Search tickets by title/description
-  ticket create <type> <title> [--parent N] [--priority P] [--decision D] [--team T]
+  ticket create <type> <title> [--parent N] [--priority P] [--decision D] [--team T] [--description TEXT]
   ticket epics [--status S]           List epics with child counts
   ticket children <id>                List children of a ticket
   ticket count [--status S]           Count tickets by status"""