{description} is about the description list environment. If you use this tag, add the more general {lists} tag.
The description environment is used to create "description lists," where each item is marked by a custom label. If you use this tag, add the more general lists tag. For bulleted lists, one uses the itemize environment, and for numbered lists, one uses the enumerate environment.
Typically, description is used like this:
\begin{description}
\item[Label one] The first item
\item[Label two] The second item
\item[Label three] (and so on...)
\end{description}
There are a few packages for customizing the appearance of the description environment.
- The enumitem package (package documentation) provides an interface to adjust the vertical and horizontal spacing of list items, define custom list environments, and change the format of list items.
- The paralist package (package documentation) provides commands for using lists, including
descriptions, compactly within paragraphs.
