diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.hbs b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.hbs
index 790747472d..a1a817352a 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.hbs
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.hbs
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
   SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 }}
 
-<Hds::Text::Body class="hds-code-editor__description" @tag="p" @size="100" ...attributes>
+<Hds::Text::Body
+  id={{this._id}}
+  class="hds-code-editor__description"
+  @tag="p"
+  @size="100"
+  {{did-insert @onInsert}}
+  ...attributes
+>
   {{yield}}
 </Hds::Text::Body>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.ts b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.ts
index dfd404204a..cd83383f1d 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/description.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,22 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
  */
 
-import TemplateOnlyComponent from '@ember/component/template-only';
+import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 
 import type { HdsTextBodySignature } from '../text/body';
 
+type HdsCodeEditorDescriptionElement = HdsTextBodySignature['Element'];
 export interface HdsCodeEditorDescriptionSignature {
+  Args: {
+    editorId: string;
+    onInsert: (element: HdsCodeEditorDescriptionElement) => void;
+  };
   Blocks: {
     default: [];
   };
-  Element: HdsTextBodySignature['Element'];
+  Element: HdsCodeEditorDescriptionElement;
 }
 
-const HdsCodeEditorDescription =
-  TemplateOnlyComponent<HdsCodeEditorDescriptionSignature>();
-
-export default HdsCodeEditorDescription;
+export default class HdsCodeEditorDescription extends Component<HdsCodeEditorDescriptionSignature> {
+  private _id = `${this.args.editorId}-description`;
+}
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.hbs b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.hbs
index be1163bbb2..65cee7d973 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.hbs
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.hbs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
         {{yield
           (hash
             Title=(component "hds/code-editor/title" editorId=this._id onInsert=this.registerTitleElement)
-            Description=(component "hds/code-editor/description")
+            Description=(component
+              "hds/code-editor/description" editorId=this._id onInsert=this.registerDescriptionElement
+            )
             Generic=(component "hds/code-editor/generic")
           )
         }}
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@
   <div
     class="hds-code-editor__editor"
     {{hds-code-editor
+      ariaDescribedBy=this.ariaDescribedBy
       ariaLabel=@ariaLabel
       ariaLabelledBy=this.ariaLabelledBy
       value=@value
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.ts b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.ts
index 4a2130876b..2d3a30ba29 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/hds/code-editor/index.ts
@@ -15,20 +15,12 @@ import type { HdsCodeEditorTitleSignature } from './title';
 import type { HdsCodeEditorGenericSignature } from './generic';
 import type { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view';
 import { guidFor } from '@ember/object/internals';
-
 export interface HdsCodeEditorSignature {
   Args: {
-    ariaLabel?: string;
-    ariaLabelledBy?: string;
     hasCopyButton?: boolean;
     hasFullScreenButton?: boolean;
     isStandalone?: boolean;
-    language?: HdsCodeEditorModifierSignature['Args']['Named']['language'];
-    value?: HdsCodeEditorModifierSignature['Args']['Named']['value'];
-    onBlur?: HdsCodeEditorModifierSignature['Args']['Named']['onBlur'];
-    onInput?: HdsCodeEditorModifierSignature['Args']['Named']['onInput'];
-    onSetup?: HdsCodeEditorModifierSignature['Args']['Named']['onSetup'];
-  };
+  } & HdsCodeEditorModifierSignature['Args']['Named'];
   Blocks: {
     default: [
       {
@@ -46,6 +38,7 @@ export default class HdsCodeEditor extends Component<HdsCodeEditorSignature> {
   @tracked private _isSetupComplete = false;
   @tracked private _value;
   @tracked private _titleId: string | undefined;
+  @tracked private _descriptionId: string | undefined;
 
   private _id = guidFor(this);
 
@@ -81,6 +74,10 @@ export default class HdsCodeEditor extends Component<HdsCodeEditorSignature> {
     return this.args.ariaLabelledBy ?? this._titleId;
   }
 
+  get ariaDescribedBy(): string | undefined {
+    return this.args.ariaDescribedBy ?? this._descriptionId;
+  }
+
   get hasActions(): boolean {
     return (this.args.hasCopyButton || this.args.hasFullScreenButton) ?? false;
   }
@@ -110,6 +107,13 @@ export default class HdsCodeEditor extends Component<HdsCodeEditorSignature> {
     this._titleId = element.id;
   }
 
+  @action
+  registerDescriptionElement(
+    element: HdsCodeEditorDescriptionSignature['Element']
+  ): void {
+    this._descriptionId = element.id;
+  }
+
   @action
   toggleFullScreen(): void {
     this._isFullScreen = !this._isFullScreen;
diff --git a/packages/components/src/modifiers/hds-code-editor.ts b/packages/components/src/modifiers/hds-code-editor.ts
index 609554ba91..8b95aef6c0 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/modifiers/hds-code-editor.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/modifiers/hds-code-editor.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type HdsCodeEditorBlurHandler = (editor: EditorView, event: FocusEvent) => void;
 export interface HdsCodeEditorSignature {
   Args: {
     Named: {
+      ariaDescribedBy?: string;
       ariaLabel?: string;
       ariaLabelledBy?: string;
       language?: HdsCodeEditorLanguages;
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ export default class HdsCodeEditorModifier extends Modifier<HdsCodeEditorSignatu
     (inputElement as HTMLElement).addEventListener('blur', this.blurHandler);
   }
 
-  private _setupEditorAriaAttributes(
+  private _setupEditorAriaLabel(
     editor: EditorView,
     {
       ariaLabel,
@@ -181,6 +182,34 @@ export default class HdsCodeEditorModifier extends Modifier<HdsCodeEditorSignatu
     }
   }
 
+  private _setupEditorAriaDescribedBy(
+    editor: EditorView,
+    ariaDescribedBy?: string
+  ) {
+    if (ariaDescribedBy === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    editor.dom
+      .querySelector('[role="textbox"]')
+      ?.setAttribute('aria-describedby', ariaDescribedBy);
+  }
+
+  private _setupEditorAriaAttributes(
+    editor: EditorView,
+    {
+      ariaDescribedBy,
+      ariaLabel,
+      ariaLabelledBy,
+    }: Pick<
+      HdsCodeEditorSignature['Args']['Named'],
+      'ariaDescribedBy' | 'ariaLabel' | 'ariaLabelledBy'
+    >
+  ) {
+    this._setupEditorAriaLabel(editor, { ariaLabel, ariaLabelledBy });
+    this._setupEditorAriaDescribedBy(editor, ariaDescribedBy);
+  }
+
   private _loadLanguageTask = task(
     { drop: true },
     async (language?: HdsCodeEditorLanguages) => {
@@ -319,6 +348,7 @@ export default class HdsCodeEditorModifier extends Modifier<HdsCodeEditorSignatu
         onBlur,
         onInput,
         onSetup,
+        ariaDescribedBy,
         ariaLabel,
         ariaLabelledBy,
         language,
@@ -345,7 +375,11 @@ export default class HdsCodeEditorModifier extends Modifier<HdsCodeEditorSignatu
         this._setupEditorBlurHandler(element, onBlur);
       }
 
-      this._setupEditorAriaAttributes(editor, { ariaLabel, ariaLabelledBy });
+      this._setupEditorAriaAttributes(editor, {
+        ariaDescribedBy,
+        ariaLabel,
+        ariaLabelledBy,
+      });
 
       onSetup?.(this.editor);
     }
diff --git a/showcase/tests/integration/components/hds/code-editor/description-test.js b/showcase/tests/integration/components/hds/code-editor/description-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adaf971ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/showcase/tests/integration/components/hds/code-editor/description-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ */
+
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+
+module(
+  'Integration | Component | hds/code-editor/description',
+  function (hooks) {
+    setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+    test('it should render the component with a CSS class that matches the component name', async function (assert) {
+      this.set('noop', () => {});
+
+      await render(
+        hbs`<Hds::CodeEditor::Description @editorId="test" @onInsert={{this.noop}} />`
+      );
+
+      assert.dom('.hds-code-editor__description').exists();
+    });
+
+    // @onInsert
+    test('it should call the `@onInsert` action when the description is inserted', async function (assert) {
+      const onInsert = sinon.spy();
+      this.set('onInsert', onInsert);
+
+      await render(
+        hbs`<Hds::CodeEditor::Description @editorId="test" @onInsert={{this.onInsert}}>Test description</Hds::CodeEditor::Description>`
+      );
+
+      assert.true(onInsert.calledOnce);
+    });
+  }
+);
diff --git a/showcase/tests/integration/components/hds/code-editor/index-test.js b/showcase/tests/integration/components/hds/code-editor/index-test.js
index 4eaf002d80..0f4e7e9850 100644
--- a/showcase/tests/integration/components/hds/code-editor/index-test.js
+++ b/showcase/tests/integration/components/hds/code-editor/index-test.js
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ module('Integration | Component | hds/code-editor/index', function (hooks) {
     await setupCodeEditor(hbs`<Hds::CodeEditor @ariaLabel="code editor" />`);
     assert.dom('hds-code-editor__description').doesNotExist();
   });
+  test('when aria-describedby is not provided and the `Description` contextual component is yielded, it should use the description element id as the aria-describedby value', async function (assert) {
+    await setupCodeEditor(
+      hbs`<Hds::CodeEditor @ariaLabel="code editor" as |CE|><CE.Description id="test-description">Test Description</CE.Description></Hds::CodeEditor>`
+    );
+    assert
+      .dom('.hds-code-editor__editor .cm-editor [role="textbox"]')
+      .hasAttribute('aria-describedby', 'test-description');
+  });
 
   // yielded block content
   test('it should render custom content in the toolbar when provided', async function (assert) {
@@ -191,6 +199,16 @@ module('Integration | Component | hds/code-editor/index', function (hooks) {
     sinon.restore();
   });
 
+  // @ariaDescribedBy
+  test('it should render the component with an aria-describedby when provided', async function (assert) {
+    await setupCodeEditor(
+      hbs`<Hds::CodeEditor @ariaLabel="code editor" @ariaDescribedBy="test-description" />`
+    );
+    assert
+      .dom('.hds-code-editor__editor .cm-editor [role="textbox"]')
+      .hasAttribute('aria-describedby', 'test-description');
+  });
+
   // @ariaLabel
   test('it should render the component with an aria-label when provided', async function (assert) {
     await setupCodeEditor(
diff --git a/showcase/tests/integration/modifiers/hds-code-editor-test.js b/showcase/tests/integration/modifiers/hds-code-editor-test.js
index f0a769e773..beeeb754c3 100644
--- a/showcase/tests/integration/modifiers/hds-code-editor-test.js
+++ b/showcase/tests/integration/modifiers/hds-code-editor-test.js
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ module('Integration | Modifier | hds-code-editor', function (hooks) {
     assert.ok(inputSpy.calledOnceWith('Test string'));
   });
 
+  // ariaDescribedBy
+  test('it should render the editor with an aria-describedby when provided', async function (assert) {
+    await setupCodeEditor(
+      hbs`<div id="code-editor-wrapper" {{hds-code-editor ariaLabel="test" ariaDescribedBy="test-description"}} />`
+    );
+    assert
+      .dom('#code-editor-wrapper .cm-editor [role="textbox"]')
+      .hasAttribute('aria-describedby', 'test-description');
+  });
+
   // ariaLabel
   test('it should render the editor with an aria-label when provided', async function (assert) {
     await setupCodeEditor(