diff --git a/specification/json/common/cper-json-error-status.json b/specification/json/common/cper-json-error-status.json
index f86884a..592354f 100644
--- a/specification/json/common/cper-json-error-status.json
+++ b/specification/json/common/cper-json-error-status.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "errorType": {
             "type": "object",
             "description": "Encoded value for the Error_Type",
-            "required": ["name", "value", "description"],
+            "required": ["name", "value"],
             "properties": {
                 "name": {
                     "type": "string"
diff --git a/specification/json/common/cper-json-nvp.json b/specification/json/common/cper-json-nvp.json
index 0b19c15..11a32c9 100644
--- a/specification/json/common/cper-json-nvp.json
+++ b/specification/json/common/cper-json-nvp.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "$id": "cper-json-namevaluepair",
     "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "type": "object",
+    "description": "CPER Name Value Pair",
     "required": ["name", "value"],
     "additionalProperties": false,
     "properties": {