diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 21c3e92..0d8378d 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -426,9 +426,8 @@ func (s *Source) AnnotateOne(v interfaces.IVariant, vals []interface{}, prefix s
 }
 
 // UpdateHeader does what it suggests but handles left and right ends for svs
-func (s *Source) UpdateHeader(r HeaderUpdater, ends bool, htype string, number string) {
+func (s *Source) UpdateHeader(r HeaderUpdater, ends bool, htype string, number string, desc string) {
 	ntype := "String"
-	var desc string
 	// for 'self' and 'first', we can get the type from the header of the annotation file.
 	if htype != "" && (s.Op == "self" || s.Op == "first") {
 		ntype = htype
@@ -464,7 +463,7 @@ func (s *Source) UpdateHeader(r HeaderUpdater, ends bool, htype string, number s
 		}
 	}
 	if (s.Op == "first" || s.Op == "self") && htype == ntype {
-		desc = fmt.Sprintf("transfered from matched variants in %s", s.File)
+		desc = fmt.Sprintf("%s (from %s)", desc, s.File)
 	} else if strings.HasSuffix(s.File, ".bam") && s.Field == "" {
 		desc = fmt.Sprintf("calculated by coverage from %s", s.File)
 	} else if s.Field == "DP2" {
@@ -666,7 +665,8 @@ func (a *Annotator) Setup(query HeaderUpdater) ([]interfaces.Queryable, error) {
 		if q, ok := queryables[i].(*bix.Bix); ok {
 			for _, src := range fmap[file] {
 				num := q.GetHeaderNumber(src.Field)
-				src.UpdateHeader(query, a.Ends, q.GetHeaderType(src.Field), num)
+				desc := q.GetHeaderDescription(src.Field)
+				src.UpdateHeader(query, a.Ends, q.GetHeaderType(src.Field), num, desc)
 				src.NumberA = num == "A"
 			}
 		} else if _, ok := queryables[i].(*parsers.BamQueryable); ok {
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func (a *Annotator) Setup(query HeaderUpdater) ([]interfaces.Queryable, error) {
 				if src.IsNumber() {
 					htype = "Float"
 				}
-				src.UpdateHeader(query, a.Ends, htype, "1")
+				src.UpdateHeader(query, a.Ends, htype, "1", "")
 			}
 		} else {
 			log.Printf("type not known: %T\n", queryables[i])
@@ -683,6 +683,9 @@ func (a *Annotator) Setup(query HeaderUpdater) ([]interfaces.Queryable, error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, post := range a.PostAnnos {
+		if post.Name == "" || post.Name == "ID" || post.Name == "FILTER" {
+			continue
+		}
 		query.AddInfoToHeader(post.Name, ".", post.Type, fmt.Sprintf("calculated field: %s", post.Name))
 	}
 	return queryables, nil
diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.md b/docs/CHANGES.md
index 4fadf10..4e9ca24 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ v0.2.3
 ------
 + allow pulling the 'FILTER' field from a VCF by specifing 'FILTER' in the `fields`
 + add new op for postannotation only 'delete' which can be used to remove fields from the INFO.
-
++ use Description from annotation as Description in annotated file (thanks @xuyangy for the implementation #43)
 
 v0.2.2
 ------
diff --git a/tests/functional-test.sh b/tests/functional-test.sh
index 09f1eb4..17ca0d9 100755
--- a/tests/functional-test.sh
+++ b/tests/functional-test.sh
@@ -150,3 +150,8 @@ assert_in_stdout "rs9996;COSM4590035;COSM4590034"
 assert_in_stdout "cosmic_filter=QQ,ZZ"
 # test delete
 assert_equal $(grep -c "NS=" $STDOUT_FILE) 0
+# test that Description is transferred from CAF
+assert_in_stdout "comma delimited list of allele frequencies based on 1000Genomes"
+# make sure that ID didn't get added to the header as we're just updating the ID column.
+assert_equal $(grep -c "ID=ID" $STDOUT_FILE) 0
+assert_equal $(grep -c "ID=FILTER" $STDOUT_FILE) 0
diff --git a/tests/id-test/dbsnp.small.vcf.gz b/tests/id-test/dbsnp.small.vcf.gz
index a139bbf..e06c2cc 100644
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diff --git a/tests/id-test/dbsnp.small.vcf.gz.tbi b/tests/id-test/dbsnp.small.vcf.gz.tbi
index 1562f27..a3d857a 100644
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