diff --git a/documentation.js b/documentation.js
index df5ec08..2fe7c15 100644
--- a/documentation.js
+++ b/documentation.js
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export default {
         '$.paths.*.*.responses.links.*',
         '$.*.securitySchemes.*',
         '$.securityDefinitions.*',
+        '$.components.schemas.[*].properties.*',
+        '$.components.schemas.*',
       ],
       'then': {
         'function': ensureField,
diff --git a/test/description-for-every-attribute.spec.js b/test/description-for-every-attribute.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31367e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/description-for-every-attribute.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2022 Cisco Systems, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import fsPromises from 'fs/promises';
+import path from 'path';
+import { prepLinter } from '../util/testUtils';
+import ruleset from '../documentation';
+const ruleName = 'description-for-every-attribute';
+const resPath = path.join(__dirname, `resources/${ ruleName }`);
+
+describe(ruleName, () => {
+  let spectral;
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    spectral = prepLinter(ruleset, ruleName);
+  });
+  test('should throw an error if missing description', async () => {
+    const spec = await fsPromises.readFile(`${ resPath }/negative.json`);
+    const res = await spectral.run(spec.toString());
+
+    expect(res).toEqual([
+      {
+        code: ruleName,
+        message: 'For every attribute that is present in the OAS document, if a description is proposed as optional to complement that attribute, then yes it must be present; description is missing in the object',
+        path: [
+          'paths',
+          '/test',
+          'get',
+          'parameters',
+          '0',
+        ],
+        range: {
+          end: {
+            character: 29,
+            line: 36,
+          },
+          start: {
+            character: 11,
+            line: 29,
+          },
+        },
+        severity: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        code: ruleName,
+        message: 'For every attribute that is present in the OAS document, if a description is proposed as optional to complement that attribute, then yes it must be present; description is missing in the object',
+        path: [
+          'paths',
+          '/test',
+          'get',
+          'responses',
+          '200',
+        ],
+        range: {
+          end: {
+            character: 32,
+            line: 72,
+          },
+          start: {
+            character: 16,
+            line: 41,
+          },
+        },
+        severity: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        code: ruleName,
+        message: 'For every attribute that is present in the OAS document, if a description is proposed as optional to complement that attribute, then yes it must be present; description is missing in the object',
+        path: [
+          'components',
+          'schemas',
+          'Pet',
+        ],
+        range: {
+          end: {
+            character: 28,
+            line: 160,
+          },
+          start: {
+            character: 12,
+            line: 143,
+          },
+        },
+        severity: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        code: ruleName,
+        message: 'For every attribute that is present in the OAS document, if a description is proposed as optional to complement that attribute, then yes it must be present; description is missing in the object',
+        path: [
+          'components',
+          'schemas',
+          'Error',
+          'properties',
+          'message',
+        ],
+        range: {
+          end: {
+            character: 28,
+            line: 184,
+          },
+          start: {
+            character: 20,
+            line: 183,
+          },
+        },
+        severity: 0,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+  test('should pass with provided description', async () => {
+    const spec = await fsPromises.readFile(`${ resPath }/positive.json`);
+    const res = await spectral.run(spec.toString());
+
+    expect(res).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/resources/description-for-every-attribute/negative.json b/test/resources/description-for-every-attribute/negative.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..541ee4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/description-for-every-attribute/negative.json
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+{
+  "openapi": "3.0.3",
+  "info": {
+    "title": "Sample API",
+    "description": "This is a sample API.",
+    "version": "1.0",
+    "contact": {
+      "name": "Dan Hayduk"
+    }
+  },
+  "servers": [
+    {
+      "url": "http://api.example.com"
+    }
+  ],
+  "tags": [
+    {
+      "name": "Sample",
+      "description": "This is a sample tag."
+    }
+  ],
+  "paths": {
+    "/test": {
+      "get": {
+        "operationId": "getTestData",
+        "tags": [
+          "Sample"
+        ],
+        "parameters": [
+           {
+              "name": "limit",
+              "in": "query",
+              "required": false,
+              "schema": {
+                 "type": "integer",
+                 "format": "int32",
+                 "example": 1
+              }
+           }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "headers": {
+              "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "integer",
+                  "example": 1
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "required": [
+                    "id",
+                    "name"
+                  ],
+                  "properties": {
+                    "id": {
+                      "type": "integer",
+                      "format": "int64"
+                    },
+                    "name": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "tag": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "id": 1,
+                    "name": "tom",
+                    "tag": "man"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "unexpected error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "patch": {
+        "description": "Modify some test data.",
+        "operationId": "patchTestData",
+        "tags": [
+          "Sample"
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {
+          "description": "descllla",
+          "content": {
+            "application/merge-patch+json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "example": "s"
+              }
+            },
+            "application/json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "example": "s"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "OK",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "example": "s"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "default": {
+            "description": "unexpected error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  },
+
+  "components": {
+    "schemas": {
+      "Pet": {
+        "required": [
+          "id",
+          "name"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int64"
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "tag": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "Pets": {
+        "description": "desc",
+        "type": "array",
+        "items": {
+          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Pet"
+        }
+      },
+      "Error": {
+        "description": "desc",
+        "required": [
+          "code",
+          "message"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "code": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int32"
+          },
+          "message": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "example": {
+          "code": 2,
+          "message": "m"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "securitySchemes": {
+      "api_key": {
+        "description": "desc",
+        "in": "header",
+        "name": "api_key",
+        "type": "apiKey"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/resources/description-for-every-attribute/positive.json b/test/resources/description-for-every-attribute/positive.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f097fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/description-for-every-attribute/positive.json
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+{
+  "openapi": "3.0.3",
+  "info": {
+    "title": "Sample API",
+    "description": "This is a sample API.",
+    "version": "1.0",
+    "contact": {
+      "name": "Dan Hayduk"
+    }
+  },
+  "servers": [
+    {
+      "url": "http://api.example.com"
+    }
+  ],
+  "tags": [
+    {
+      "name": "Sample"
+    }
+  ],
+  "paths": {
+    "/test": {
+      "get": {
+        "description": "Get some test data.",
+        "operationId": "getTestData",
+        "tags": [
+          "Sample"
+        ],
+        "parameters": [
+           {
+              "name": "limit",
+              "in": "query",
+              "description": "How many items to return at one time (max 100)",
+              "required": false,
+              "schema": {
+                 "type": "integer",
+                 "format": "int32",
+                 "example": 1
+              }
+           }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "OK",
+            "headers": {
+              "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "integer",
+                  "example": 1
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "required": [
+                    "id",
+                    "name"
+                  ],
+                  "properties": {
+                    "id": {
+                      "type": "integer",
+                      "format": "int64"
+                    },
+                    "name": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "tag": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "id": 1,
+                    "name": "tom",
+                    "tag": "man"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "unexpected error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "patch": {
+        "description": "Modify some test data.",
+        "operationId": "patchTestData",
+        "tags": [
+          "Sample"
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {
+          "description": "descllla",
+          "content": {
+            "application/merge-patch+json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "example": "s"
+              }
+            },
+            "application/json": {
+              "schema": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "example": "s"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "OK",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "example": "s"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "default": {
+            "description": "unexpected error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  },
+
+  "components": {
+    "schemas": {
+      "Pet": {
+        "description": "desc",
+        "required": [
+          "id",
+          "name"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int64"
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "tag": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "Pets": {
+        "description": "desc",
+        "type": "array",
+        "items": {
+          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Pet"
+        }
+      },
+      "Error": {
+        "description": "desc",
+        "required": [
+          "code",
+          "message"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "code": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int32"
+          },
+          "message": {
+            "description": "desc",
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "example": {
+          "code": 2,
+          "message": "m"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "securitySchemes": {
+      "api_key": {
+        "description": "desc",
+        "in": "header",
+        "name": "api_key",
+        "type": "apiKey"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}