diff --git a/lib/normalize-spec.mjs b/lib/normalize-spec.mjs
index 023e5a9..7e592ac 100644
--- a/lib/normalize-spec.mjs
+++ b/lib/normalize-spec.mjs
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  *
  * It also drops `format: uint64`, and `format: int64` from integer schemas
  * whose bounds fit in a JS number, so the generated validators match the
- * generated `number` types.
+ * generated `number` types, and inlines single-member `allOf`s that only add
+ * annotations, so a field keeps its own description.
  */
 
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -224,10 +225,38 @@ function dropNumberSafeFormats(node) {
   Object.values(node).forEach(dropNumberSafeFormats);
 }
 
+// Keywords that only annotate a schema, so they can sit on the member of a
+// single-member `allOf` without changing what it accepts.
+const ANNOTATION_KEYWORDS = new Set(["default", "deprecated", "description", "example", "nullable", "readOnly", "title", "writeOnly"]);
+
+/**
+ * Inlines the member of a single-member `allOf` whose other keywords only
+ * annotate it, such as `{ allOf: [X], description, nullable }`. Hey API merges
+ * such a member over its wrapper, so the member's own description replaced the
+ * field's. Inlining keeps the wrapper's annotations and the member's schema.
+ */
+function inlineAnnotatedAllOf(node) {
+  if (Array.isArray(node)) {
+    node.forEach(inlineAnnotatedAllOf);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (typeof node !== "object" || node === null) return;
+  const { allOf, ...annotations } = node;
+  if (
+    allOf?.length === 1 && typeof allOf[0] === "object" && allOf[0] !== null && !("$ref" in allOf[0])
+    && Object.keys(annotations).every(key => ANNOTATION_KEYWORDS.has(key))
+  ) {
+    delete node.allOf;
+    Object.assign(node, allOf[0], annotations);
+  }
+  Object.values(node).forEach(inlineAnnotatedAllOf);
+}
+
 /**
  * Reads the spec at `inputPath`, rewrites all sentence-style operationIds to
  * short REST-conventional names, drops uint64 formats and int64 formats from
- * integers that fit in a JS number, and writes the result to `outputPath`.
+ * integers that fit in a JS number, inlines annotated single-member `allOf`s,
+ * and writes the result to `outputPath`.
  *
  * Throws on name collisions — two operations normalizing to the same identifier
  * would produce duplicate SDK exports, which must be resolved explicitly via
@@ -280,6 +309,7 @@ export function normalizeSpec(inputPath, outputPath) {
   }
 
   dropNumberSafeFormats(spec);
+  inlineAnnotatedAllOf(spec);
   writeFileSync(outputPath, JSON.stringify(spec));
   return spec;
 }
diff --git a/test/descriptions.test.ts b/test/descriptions.test.ts
index 134f15a..f39cd90 100644
--- a/test/descriptions.test.ts
+++ b/test/descriptions.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import * as v from "valibot";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
-import { vDeployResponse, vUpdateOrganizationDetectorResponse } from "../src/valibot";
-import { zDeployResponse, zUpdateOrganizationDetectorResponse } from "../src/zod";
+import { vCreateOrganizationDashboardData, vDeployResponse, vUpdateOrganizationDetectorResponse } from "../src/valibot";
+import { zCreateOrganizationDashboardData, zDeployResponse, zUpdateOrganizationDetectorResponse } from "../src/zod";
+
+const spec = JSON.parse(readFileSync(new URL("../openapi-derefed.json", import.meta.url), "utf8"));
 
 describe("validator descriptions", () => {
   test("Valibot fields carry their OpenAPI description as a description action", () => {
@@ -18,6 +21,14 @@ describe("validator descriptions", () => {
     expect(zUpdateOrganizationDetectorResponse.shape.config.description).toEqual(expect.any(String));
   });
 
+  test("fields that wrap one schema in allOf keep their own description", () => {
+    const description = spec.paths["/api/0/organizations/{organization_id_or_slug}/dashboards/"]
+      .post.requestBody.content["application/json"].schema.properties.permissions.description;
+    expect(description).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+    expect(v.getDescription(vCreateOrganizationDashboardData.entries.body.entries.permissions.wrapped)).toBe(description);
+    expect(zCreateOrganizationDashboardData.shape.body.shape.permissions.unwrap().unwrap().description).toBe(description);
+  });
+
   test("Valibot top-level schemas stay unpiped for object methods", () => {
     expect("pipe" in vDeployResponse).toBe(false);
     expect(v.partial(vDeployResponse).entries.id.type).toBe("optional");
diff --git a/test/normalize-spec.test.ts b/test/normalize-spec.test.ts
index fcf608b..9322189 100644
--- a/test/normalize-spec.test.ts
+++ b/test/normalize-spec.test.ts
@@ -459,3 +459,24 @@ describe("normalizeSpec int64 formats", () => {
     unlinkSync(output);
   });
 });
+
+describe("normalizeSpec single-member allOf", () => {
+  it("inlines a member wrapped only by annotations, keeping the wrapper's annotations", () => {
+    const member = { type: "object", description: "Member description", properties: { id: { type: "string" } } };
+    const schemas = {
+      annotated: { allOf: [member], description: "Field description", nullable: true },
+      constrained: { allOf: [member], description: "Field description", required: ["id"] },
+      composed: { allOf: [member, { type: "object" }], description: "Field description" },
+    };
+    const input = join(tmpdir(), `test-spec-${Date.now()}.json`);
+    writeFileSync(input, JSON.stringify({ paths: {}, components: { schemas } }));
+    const output = join(tmpdir(), `out-${Date.now()}.json`);
+    normalizeSpec(input, output);
+    const result = JSON.parse(readFileSync(output, "utf8")).components.schemas;
+    expect(result.annotated).toEqual({ ...member, description: "Field description", nullable: true });
+    expect(result.constrained).toEqual(schemas.constrained);
+    expect(result.composed).toEqual(schemas.composed);
+    unlinkSync(input);
+    unlinkSync(output);
+  });
+});