diff -u b/src/Form/GeneralSettingsForm.php b/src/Form/GeneralSettingsForm.php
--- b/src/Form/GeneralSettingsForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/GeneralSettingsForm.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\diff\Form;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\ConfigFormBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\diff\DiffLayoutManager;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@
 
     $form['layout_plugins'] = [
       '#type' => 'table',
-      '#header' => [t('Layout'), t('Weight')],
+      '#header' => [t('Layout'), t('Description'), t('Weight')],
       '#empty' => t('There are no items yet. Add an item.'),
       '#suffix' => '<div class="description">' . $this->t('The layout plugins that are enabled for displaying the diff comparison.') .'</div>',
       '#tabledrag' => [
@@ -115,13 +116,17 @@
     uasort($layout_plugins_order, 'Drupal\Component\Utility\SortArray::sortByWeightElement');
 
     foreach ($layout_plugins_order as $id => $layout_plugin) {
+      $description = $this->diffLayoutManager->getDefinition($id)['description'];
       $form['layout_plugins'][$id]['#attributes']['class'][] = 'draggable';
       $form['layout_plugins'][$id]['enabled'] = [
         '#type' => 'checkbox',
         '#title' => $layout_plugin['label'],
         '#title_display' => 'after',
         '#default_value' => $layout_plugin['enabled'],
-        '#description' => $this->diffLayoutManager->getDefinition($id)['description'],
+      ];
+      $form['layout_plugins'][$id]['description'] = [
+        '#type' => 'markup',
+        '#markup' => isset($description) ? Xss::filter($description) : '',
       ];
       $form['layout_plugins'][$id]['weight'] = [
         '#type' => 'weight',
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/src/Annotation/DiffLayoutBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Annotation/DiffLayoutBuilder.php
@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@ class DiffLayoutBuilder extends Plugin {
    */
   public $label;
 
+  /**
+   * The plugin description.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $description;
+
 }