diff --git a/inline_entity_form.module b/inline_entity_form.module
index be41f13..c5f18df 100644
--- a/inline_entity_form.module
+++ b/inline_entity_form.module
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ function inline_entity_form_field_widget_form(&$form, &$form_state, $field, $ins
   $element = array(
     '#type' => 'fieldset',
     '#tree' => TRUE,
-    '#description' => NULL,
+    '#description' => $instance['description'],
     '#prefix' => '<div id="' . $wrapper . '">',
     '#suffix' => '</div>',
     '#attached' => array(
@@ -602,7 +602,10 @@ function inline_entity_form_field_widget_form(&$form, &$form_state, $field, $ins
     $entity_count = count($form_state['inline_entity_form'][$ief_id]['entities']);
     if ($cardinality != FIELD_CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED) {
       // Return visual cue of cardinality count.
-      $element['#description'] = t('You have added @entities_count out of @cardinality_count allowed @label.', array(
+      if (!empty($element['#description'])) {
+        $element['#description'] .= '<br /><br />';
+      }
+      $element['#description'] .= t('You have added @entities_count out of @cardinality_count allowed @label.', array(
         '@entities_count' => $entity_count,
         '@cardinality_count' => $cardinality,
         '@label' => $labels['plural'],