diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/DDIExportServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/DDIExportServiceBean.java
index edd01ae98a3..d76020cb8d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/DDIExportServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/DDIExportServiceBean.java
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ public class DDIExportServiceBean {
     public static final String LEVEL_FILE = "file";
     public static final String NOTE_TYPE_UNF = "VDC:UNF";
     public static final String NOTE_TYPE_TAG = "DATAVERSE:TAG";
+    public static final String NOTE_TYPE_FILEDESCRIPTION = "DATAVERSE:FILEDESC";
     public static final String NOTE_SUBJECT_UNF = "Universal Numeric Fingerprint";
     public static final String NOTE_SUBJECT_TAG = "Data File Tag";
+    public static final String NOTE_SUBJECT_FILEDESCRIPTION = "DataFile Description"; 
 
     /*
      * Internal service objects:
@@ -742,11 +744,6 @@ private void createFileDscr(XMLStreamWriter xmlw, Set<String> excludedFieldSet,
                 xmlw.writeEndElement(); // fileName
             }
 
-            /*
-             xmlw.writeStartElement("fileCont");
-             xmlw.writeCharacters( df.getContentType() );
-             xmlw.writeEndElement(); // fileCont
-             */
             // dimensions
             if (checkField("dimensns", excludedFieldSet, includedFieldSet)) {
                 if (dt.getCaseQuantity() != null || dt.getVarQuantity() != null || dt.getRecordsPerCase() != null) {
@@ -801,26 +798,6 @@ private void createFileDscr(XMLStreamWriter xmlw, Set<String> excludedFieldSet,
             xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
         }
 
-        /*
-         xmlw.writeStartElement("notes");
-         writeAttribute( xmlw, "type", "vdc:category" );
-         xmlw.writeCharacters( fm.getCategory() );
-         xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
-         */
-        // A special note for LOCKSS crawlers indicating the restricted
-        // status of the file:
-
-        /*
-         if (tdf != null && isRestrictedFile(tdf)) {
-         xmlw.writeStartElement("notes");
-         writeAttribute( xmlw, "type", NOTE_TYPE_LOCKSS_CRAWL );
-         writeAttribute( xmlw, "level", LEVEL_FILE );
-         writeAttribute( xmlw, "subject", NOTE_SUBJECT_LOCKSS_PERM );
-         xmlw.writeCharacters( "restricted" );
-         xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
-
-         }
-         */
         if (checkField("tags", excludedFieldSet, includedFieldSet) && df.getTags() != null) {
             for (int i = 0; i < df.getTags().size(); i++) {
                 xmlw.writeStartElement("notes");
@@ -831,6 +808,17 @@ private void createFileDscr(XMLStreamWriter xmlw, Set<String> excludedFieldSet,
                 xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
             }
         }
+        
+        // A dedicated node for the Description entry 
+        if (!StringUtilisEmpty(fm.getDescription())) {
+            xmlw.writeStartElement("notes");
+            xmlw.writeAttribute("level", LEVEL_FILE);
+            xmlw.writeAttribute("type", NOTE_TYPE_FILEDESCRIPTION);
+            xmlw.writeAttribute("subject", NOTE_SUBJECT_FILEDESCRIPTION);
+            xmlw.writeCharacters(fm.getDescription());
+            xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
+        }
+        
         xmlw.writeEndElement(); // fileDscr   
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
index f5efc448090..05ddbe83e78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExportServiceBean.LEVEL_FILE;
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExportServiceBean.NOTE_SUBJECT_TAG;
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExportServiceBean.NOTE_SUBJECT_UNF;
+import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExportServiceBean.NOTE_SUBJECT_FILEDESCRIPTION;
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExportServiceBean.NOTE_TYPE_TAG;
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExportServiceBean.NOTE_TYPE_UNF;
+import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExportServiceBean.NOTE_TYPE_FILEDESCRIPTION;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.export.DDIExporter;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.pidproviders.PidUtil;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;
@@ -1901,6 +1903,8 @@ private static void createFileDscr(XMLStreamWriter xmlw, JsonArray fileDetails)
                     xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
                 }
 
+                // If any tabular tags are present, each is formatted in a 
+                // dedicated note:
                 if (fileJson.containsKey("tabularTags")) {
                     JsonArray tags = fileJson.getJsonArray("tabularTags");
                     for (int j = 0; j < tags.size(); j++) {
@@ -1912,6 +1916,17 @@ private static void createFileDscr(XMLStreamWriter xmlw, JsonArray fileDetails)
                         xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
                     }
                 }
+                
+                // Adding a dedicated node for the description entry (for 
+                // non-tabular files we format it under the <txt> field)
+                if (fileJson.containsKey("description")) {
+                    xmlw.writeStartElement("notes");
+                    xmlw.writeAttribute("level", LEVEL_FILE);
+                    xmlw.writeAttribute("type", NOTE_TYPE_FILEDESCRIPTION);
+                    xmlw.writeAttribute("subject", NOTE_SUBJECT_FILEDESCRIPTION);
+                    xmlw.writeCharacters(fileJson.getString("description"));
+                    xmlw.writeEndElement(); // notes
+                }
 
                 // TODO: add the remaining fileDscr elements!
                 xmlw.writeEndElement(); // fileDscr
diff --git a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties
index 149e6a7e828..012b389ce32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ dataset.editBtn.itemLabel.deleteDataset=Delete Dataset
 dataset.editBtn.itemLabel.deleteDraft=Delete Draft Version
 dataset.editBtn.itemLabel.deaccession=Deaccession Dataset
 dataset.exportBtn=Export Metadata
-dataset.exportBtn.itemLabel.ddi=DDI
+dataset.exportBtn.itemLabel.ddi=DDI Codebook v2
 dataset.exportBtn.itemLabel.dublinCore=Dublin Core
 dataset.exportBtn.itemLabel.schemaDotOrg=Schema.org JSON-LD
 dataset.exportBtn.itemLabel.datacite=DataCite
@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ file.downloadBtn.format.all=All File Formats + Information
 file.downloadBtn.format.tab=Tab-Delimited
 file.downloadBtn.format.original={0} (Original File Format)
 file.downloadBtn.format.rdata=RData
-file.downloadBtn.format.var=Variable Metadata
+file.downloadBtn.format.var=DDI Codebook v2
 file.downloadBtn.format.citation=Data File Citation
 file.download.filetype.unknown=Original File Format
 file.more.information.link=Link to more file information for