diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eded38beee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { MarkdownContent } from '@backstage/core-components';
+import { FieldProps } from '@rjsf/utils';
+
+export const DescriptionField = ({ description }: FieldProps) =>
+  description && <MarkdownContent content={description} linkTarget="_blank" />;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/FieldOverrides/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/FieldOverrides/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6d0bf3499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/FieldOverrides/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export { DescriptionField } from './DescriptionField';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
index f802121597..dc04bb1f47 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { FormProps } from '../../types';
 import { LayoutOptions } from '../../../layouts';
 import { useTransformSchemaToProps } from '../../hooks/useTransformSchemaToProps';
 import { hasErrors } from './utils';
+import * as FieldOverrides from './FieldOverrides';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   backButton: {
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ export const Stepper = (stepperProps: StepperProps) => {
             schema={currentStep.schema}
             uiSchema={currentStep.uiSchema}
             onSubmit={handleNext}
-            fields={extensions}
+            fields={{ ...FieldOverrides, ...extensions }}
             showErrorList={false}
             onChange={handleChange}
             {...(props.FormProps ?? {})}