diff --git a/cads_catalogue_api_service/main.py b/cads_catalogue_api_service/main.py
index 5c00a3e..2fd89d1 100644
--- a/cads_catalogue_api_service/main.py
+++ b/cads_catalogue_api_service/main.py
@@ -90,7 +90,15 @@ async def lifespan(application: fastapi.FastAPI):
 def catalogue_openapi() -> dict[str, Any]:
     """OpenAPI, but with not implemented paths removed."""
     openapi_schema = fastapi.openapi.utils.get_openapi(
-        title="CADS STAC Catalogue", version=api.api_version, routes=api.app.routes
+        title="CADS STAC Catalogue",
+        version=api.api_version,
+        routes=api.app.routes,
+        description=(
+            "The CADS catalogue API is a STAC compliant API to access the CADS catalogues.\n\n"
+            "The implementation is based on [Standalone Collections]"
+            "(https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/blob/master/collection-spec/collection-spec.md#standalone-collections) "  # noqa: E501
+            "while a custom extension is present to provide datasets search capabilities."
+        ),
     )
 
     del openapi_schema["paths"]["/collections/{collection_id}/items"]