diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/lib/default-staging-stack.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/lib/default-staging-stack.ts
index 3e98b3458280c..b76b36fee7f5b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/lib/default-staging-stack.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/lib/default-staging-stack.ts
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ export class DefaultStagingStack extends Stack implements IStagingResources {
     super(scope, id, {
       ...props,
       synthesizer: new BootstraplessSynthesizer(),
+      description: `This stack includes resources needed to deploy the AWS CDK app ${props.appId} into this environment`,
       analyticsReporting: false, // removing AWS::CDK::Metadata construct saves ~3KB
     });
     // removing path metadata saves ~2KB
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.js.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.js.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json
index fd7794208d185..4e2a7ddfdf99c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.js.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.js.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+ "Description": "This stack includes resources needed to deploy the AWS CDK app default-resourcesmax into this environment",
  "Resources": {
   "CdkFileRoleE26CEABA": {
    "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.ts.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.ts.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json
index fd7794208d185..4e2a7ddfdf99c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.ts.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-staging-synthesizer-alpha/test/integ.synth-default-resources.ts.snapshot/StagingStack-default-resourcesmax-ACCOUNT-REGION.template.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+ "Description": "This stack includes resources needed to deploy the AWS CDK app default-resourcesmax into this environment",
  "Resources": {
   "CdkFileRoleE26CEABA": {
    "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",