diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 6a5acda09..0fc959807 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ config :pleroma, :instance,
   email: "example@example.com",
   notify_email: "noreply@example.com",
   description: "Pleroma: An efficient and flexible fediverse server",
+  short_description: "",
   background_image: "/images/city.jpg",
   instance_thumbnail: "/instance/thumbnail.jpeg",
   limit: 5_000,
diff --git a/config/description.exs b/config/description.exs
index 7caad18b4..b29348edf 100644
--- a/config/description.exs
+++ b/config/description.exs
@@ -536,6 +536,15 @@ config :pleroma, :config_description, [
           "Very cool instance"
         ]
       },
+      %{
+        key: :short_description,
+        type: :string,
+        description:
+          "Shorter version of instance description. It can be seen on `/api/v1/instance`",
+        suggestions: [
+          "Cool instance"
+        ]
+      },
       %{
         key: :limit,
         type: :integer,
diff --git a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
index 74642397b..6e13b9622 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ To add configuration to your config file, you can copy it from the base config.
 * `email`: Email used to reach an Administrator/Moderator of the instance.
 * `notify_email`: Email used for notifications.
 * `description`: The instance’s description, can be seen in nodeinfo and ``/api/v1/instance``.
+* `short_description`: Shorter version of instance description, can be seen on ``/api/v1/instance``.
 * `limit`: Posts character limit (CW/Subject included in the counter).
 * `description_limit`: The character limit for image descriptions.
 * `remote_limit`: Hard character limit beyond which remote posts will be dropped.
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex
index ee52475d5..62931bd41 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.InstanceView do
       uri: Pleroma.Web.Endpoint.url(),
       title: Keyword.get(instance, :name),
       description: Keyword.get(instance, :description),
+      short_description: Keyword.get(instance, :short_description),
       version: "#{@mastodon_api_level} (compatible; #{Pleroma.Application.named_version()})",
       email: Keyword.get(instance, :email),
       urls: %{
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs
index 9845408d6..13e3ffc0a 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.InstanceControllerTest do
              "uri" => _,
              "title" => _,
              "description" => _,
+             "short_description" => _,
              "version" => _,
              "email" => from_config_email,
              "urls" => %{