diff --git a/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb
index 412b6c9..1a9e480 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ describe API::API do
 
       it "should return merge_request" do
         post api("/projects/#{fork_project.id}/merge_requests", user2),
-        title: 'Test merge_request', source_branch: "stable", target_branch: "master", author: user2, target_project_id: project.id
+        title: 'Test merge_request', source_branch: "stable", target_branch: "master", author: user2, target_project_id: project.id, description: 'Test description for Test merge_request'
         response.status.should == 201
         json_response['title'].should == 'Test merge_request'
+        json_response['description'].should == 'Test description for Test merge_request'
       end
 
       it "should not return 422 when source_branch equals target_branch" do
@@ -168,6 +169,12 @@ describe API::API do
       json_response['title'].should == 'New title'
     end
 
+    it "should return merge_request" do
+      put api("/projects/#{project.id}/merge_request/#{merge_request.id}", user), description: "New description"
+      response.status.should == 200
+      json_response['description'].should == 'New description'
+    end
+
     it "should return 422 when source_branch and target_branch are renamed the same" do
       put api("/projects/#{project.id}/merge_request/#{merge_request.id}", user),
       source_branch: "master", target_branch: "master"
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