diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/json_schema_exporter.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/json_schema_exporter.py
index 01e0c76ec8b9270ee01eb810a3a79e2434dc5e27..4c06d6ffea778ed5de5931a7a2a8bd4625110062 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/json_schema_exporter.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/json_schema_exporter.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ class JsonSchemaExporter:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, additional_properties: bool = True,
-                 name_and_description_in_properties: bool = False,
+                 name_for_new_reference_records: bool = False,
+                 description_for_new_reference_records: bool = False,
                  additional_options_for_text_props: dict = None,
                  units_in_description: bool = True,
                  do_not_create: List[str] = None,
@@ -50,9 +51,12 @@ class JsonSchemaExporter:
         additional_properties : bool, optional
             Whether additional properties will be admitted in the resulting
             schema. Optional, default is True.
-        name_and_description_in_properties : bool, optional
-            Whether objects that are generated from reference properties shall have a `name` and
-            `description` property in the generated schema. Optional, default is False.
+        name_for_new_reference_records : bool, optional
+            Whether objects that are generated from reference properties shall have a `name`
+            property in the generated schema. Optional, default is False.
+        description_for_new_reference_records : bool, optional
+            Whether objects that are generated from reference properties shall have a `description`
+            property in the generated schema. Optional, default is False.
         additional_options_for_text_props : dict, optional
             Dictionary containing additional "pattern" or "format" options for
             string-typed properties. Optional, default is empty.
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@ class JsonSchemaExporter:
             do_not_retrieve = []
 
         self._additional_properties = additional_properties
-        self._name_and_description_in_properties = name_and_description_in_properties
+        self._name_for_new_reference_records = name_for_new_reference_records
+        self._description_for_new_reference_records = description_for_new_reference_records
         self._additional_options_for_text_props = additional_options_for_text_props
         self._units_in_description = units_in_description
         self._do_not_create = do_not_create
@@ -251,8 +256,9 @@ class JsonSchemaExporter:
         schema["additionalProperties"] = self._additional_properties
 
         props = OrderedDict()
-        if self._name_and_description_in_properties:
+        if self._name_for_new_reference_records:
             props["name"] = self._make_text_property("The name of the Record to be created")
+        if self._description_for_new_reference_records:
             props["description"] = self._make_text_property(
                 "The description of the Record to be created")
 
@@ -297,7 +303,8 @@ class JsonSchemaExporter:
 
 
 def recordtype_to_json_schema(rt: db.RecordType, additional_properties: bool = True,
-                              name_and_description_in_properties: bool = False,
+                              name_for_new_reference_records: bool = False,
+                              description_for_new_reference_records: bool = False,
                               additional_options_for_text_props: Optional[dict] = None,
                               units_in_description: bool = True,
                               do_not_create: List[str] = None,
@@ -317,9 +324,12 @@ def recordtype_to_json_schema(rt: db.RecordType, additional_properties: bool = T
     additional_properties : bool, optional
         Whether additional properties will be admitted in the resulting
         schema. Optional, default is True.
-    name_and_description_in_properties : bool, optional
-        Whether objects that are generated from reference properties shall have a `name` and
-        `description` property in the generated schema. Optional, default is False.
+    name_for_new_reference_records : bool, optional
+        Whether objects that are generated from reference properties shall have a `name`
+        property in the generated schema. Optional, default is False.
+    description_for_new_reference_records : bool, optional
+        Whether objects that are generated from reference properties shall have a `description`
+        property in the generated schema. Optional, default is False.
     additional_options_for_text_props : dict, optional
         Dictionary containing additional "pattern" or "format" options for
         string-typed properties. Optional, default is empty.
@@ -348,7 +358,8 @@ def recordtype_to_json_schema(rt: db.RecordType, additional_properties: bool = T
 
     exporter = JsonSchemaExporter(
         additional_properties=additional_properties,
-        name_and_description_in_properties=name_and_description_in_properties,
+        name_for_new_reference_records=name_for_new_reference_records,
+        description_for_new_reference_records=description_for_new_reference_records,
         additional_options_for_text_props=additional_options_for_text_props,
         units_in_description=units_in_description,
         do_not_create=do_not_create,
diff --git a/unittests/test_json_schema_exporter.py b/unittests/test_json_schema_exporter.py
index 68627e16b79d7fc052c048cd5c9be8c167ea2275..86a40baa02223701ac27d093da00f446266d936b 100644
--- a/unittests/test_json_schema_exporter.py
+++ b/unittests/test_json_schema_exporter.py
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ def test_empty_rt():
     assert len(schema["required"]) == 0
     assert schema["additionalProperties"] is False
 
-    schema = rtjs(rt, name_and_description_in_properties=True)
+    schema = rtjs(rt, name_for_new_reference_records=True,
+                  description_for_new_reference_records=True)
 
     assert len(schema["properties"]) == 2
     assert "name" in schema["properties"]
@@ -439,8 +440,8 @@ def test_rt_with_references():
     rt = db.RecordType()
     rt.add_property(name="RefProp", datatype=db.LIST("OtherType"))
 
-    schema = rtjs(rt, additional_properties=False,
-                  name_and_description_in_properties=True)
+    schema = rtjs(rt, additional_properties=False, name_for_new_reference_records=True,
+                  description_for_new_reference_records=True)
     assert schema["additionalProperties"] is False
     assert "name" in schema["properties"]
     assert schema["properties"]["name"]["type"] == "string"