diff --git a/netbox/circuits/forms.py b/netbox/circuits/forms.py
index d5d78e7bd..52fb62b32 100644
--- a/netbox/circuits/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/circuits/forms.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django import forms
 from taggit.forms import TagField
 
 from dcim.models import Region, Site
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.forms import AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm, CustomFieldFilterForm
 from tenancy.forms import TenancyFilterForm, TenancyForm
 from tenancy.models import Tenant
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ class CircuitBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEdit
         label='Commit rate (Kbps)'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     comments = CommentField(
diff --git a/netbox/circuits/models.py b/netbox/circuits/models.py
index 59f6e2004..dc2a6274e 100644
--- a/netbox/circuits/models.py
+++ b/netbox/circuits/models.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 from dcim.constants import CONNECTION_STATUS_CHOICES
 from dcim.fields import ASNField
 from dcim.models import CableTermination
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.models import CustomFieldModel, ObjectChange, TaggedItem
 from utilities.models import ChangeLoggedModel
 from utilities.utils import serialize_object
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ class CircuitType(ChangeLoggedModel):
         unique=True
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True,
     )
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ class Circuit(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         null=True,
         verbose_name='Commit rate (Kbps)')
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     comments = models.TextField(
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ class CircuitTermination(CableTermination):
         verbose_name='Patch panel/port(s)'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms.py b/netbox/dcim/forms.py
index f0667c143..768852dc7 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from taggit.forms import TagField
 from timezone_field import TimeZoneFormField
 
 from circuits.models import Circuit, Provider
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.forms import (
     AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm, CustomFieldFilterForm, LocalConfigContextFilterForm
 )
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ class SiteBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEditFor
         label='ASN'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     time_zone = TimeZoneFormField(
@@ -834,7 +835,7 @@ class RackReservationBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, BulkEditForm):
         )
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -2141,7 +2142,7 @@ class DeviceBulkAddInterfaceForm(DeviceBulkAddComponentForm):
         label='Management only'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -2180,7 +2181,7 @@ class ConsolePortCreateForm(ComponentForm):
         widget=StaticSelect2()
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     tags = TagField(
@@ -2237,7 +2238,7 @@ class ConsoleServerPortCreateForm(ComponentForm):
         widget=StaticSelect2()
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     tags = TagField(
@@ -2256,7 +2257,7 @@ class ConsoleServerPortBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, BulkEditF
         widget=StaticSelect2()
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -2339,7 +2340,7 @@ class PowerPortCreateForm(ComponentForm):
         help_text="Allocated draw in watts"
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     tags = TagField(
@@ -2417,7 +2418,7 @@ class PowerOutletCreateForm(ComponentForm):
         required=False
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     tags = TagField(
@@ -2500,7 +2501,7 @@ class PowerOutletBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, BulkEditForm):
         required=False
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -2633,7 +2634,7 @@ class InterfaceCreateForm(InterfaceCommonForm, ComponentForm, forms.Form):
         help_text='This interface is used only for out-of-band management'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     mode = forms.ChoiceField(
@@ -2784,7 +2785,7 @@ class InterfaceBulkEditForm(InterfaceCommonForm, BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsFo
         label='Management only'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     mode = forms.ChoiceField(
@@ -2893,6 +2894,7 @@ class FrontPortCreateForm(ComponentForm):
         help_text='Select one rear port assignment for each front port being created.',
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -2997,7 +2999,7 @@ class FrontPortBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, BulkEditForm):
         widget=StaticSelect2()
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -3060,6 +3062,7 @@ class RearPortCreateForm(ComponentForm):
         help_text='The number of front ports which may be mapped to each rear port'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -3093,7 +3096,7 @@ class RearPortBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, BulkEditForm):
         widget=StaticSelect2()
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -3869,7 +3872,7 @@ class InventoryItemBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, BulkEditForm):
         label='Part ID'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/models/__init__.py b/netbox/dcim/models/__init__.py
index 37ee0a266..70799a5f0 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/models/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/models/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from timezone_field import TimeZoneField
 from dcim.choices import *
 from dcim.constants import *
 from dcim.fields import ASNField
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.models import ConfigContextModel, CustomFieldModel, TaggedItem
 from utilities.fields import ColorField
 from utilities.managers import NaturalOrderingManager
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ class Site(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         blank=True
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     physical_address = models.CharField(
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ class RackRole(ChangeLoggedModel):
     )
     color = ColorField()
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True,
     )
 
@@ -882,7 +883,7 @@ class RackReservation(ChangeLoggedModel):
         on_delete=models.PROTECT
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
     )
 
     class Meta:
@@ -1197,7 +1198,7 @@ class DeviceRole(ChangeLoggedModel):
         help_text='Virtual machines may be assigned to this role'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True,
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py b/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py
index 68bab8037..fb6aa988a 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from dcim.constants import *
 from dcim.exceptions import LoopDetected
 from dcim.fields import MACAddressField
 from dcim.managers import InterfaceManager
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.models import ObjectChange, TaggedItem
 from utilities.managers import NaturalOrderingManager
 from utilities.utils import serialize_object
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ __all__ = (
 
 class ComponentModel(models.Model):
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/extras/constants.py b/netbox/extras/constants.py
index b12bc2f2c..bb7985c23 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/constants.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/constants.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from django.db.models import Q
 
 
+# General constants
+DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH = 100
+
 # Models which support custom fields
 CUSTOMFIELD_MODELS = Q(
     Q(app_label='circuits', model__in=[
diff --git a/netbox/extras/forms.py b/netbox/extras/forms.py
index edde6c6c5..79427d100 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/forms.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from utilities.forms import (
     SlugField, StaticSelect2, BOOLEAN_WITH_BLANK_CHOICES,
 )
 from .choices import *
+from .constants import *
 from .models import ConfigContext, CustomField, CustomFieldValue, ImageAttachment, ObjectChange, Tag
 
 
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ class ConfigContextBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, BulkEditForm):
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
         required=False,
-        max_length=100
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
     )
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/netbox/extras/models.py b/netbox/extras/models.py
index a03494bb2..d81e0815a 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/models.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/models.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class CustomField(models.Model):
                   'the field\'s name will be used)'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     required = models.BooleanField(
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class ExportTemplate(models.Model):
         max_length=100
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=200,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     template_language = models.CharField(
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ class ConfigContext(models.Model):
         default=1000
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     is_active = models.BooleanField(
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/forms.py b/netbox/ipam/forms.py
index 35cf12dfb..9faa27fda 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/forms.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator, MinValueValidator
 from taggit.forms import TagField
 
 from dcim.models import Device, Interface, Rack, Region, Site
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.forms import AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm, CustomFieldFilterForm
 from tenancy.forms import TenancyFilterForm, TenancyForm
 from tenancy.models import Tenant
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class VRFBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm
         label='Enforce unique space'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ class AggregateBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEd
         required=False
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ class PrefixBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEditF
         label='Is a pool'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -923,7 +924,7 @@ class IPAddressBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEd
         required=False
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -1229,7 +1230,7 @@ class VLANBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEditFor
         )
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
@@ -1373,7 +1374,7 @@ class ServiceBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, CustomFieldBulkEditForm):
         required=False
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/models.py b/netbox/ipam/models.py
index b4ba92fb5..3c1e84d10 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/models.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/models.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 
 from dcim.models import Device, Interface
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.models import CustomFieldModel, ObjectChange, TaggedItem
 from utilities.models import ChangeLoggedModel
 from utilities.utils import serialize_object
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class VRF(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         help_text='Prevent duplicate prefixes/IP addresses within this VRF'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     custom_field_values = GenericRelation(
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ class Aggregate(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         null=True
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     custom_field_values = GenericRelation(
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ class Role(ChangeLoggedModel):
         default=1000
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True,
     )
 
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ class Prefix(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         help_text='All IP addresses within this prefix are considered usable'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     custom_field_values = GenericRelation(
@@ -620,7 +621,7 @@ class IPAddress(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         help_text='Hostname or FQDN (not case-sensitive)'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     custom_field_values = GenericRelation(
@@ -904,7 +905,7 @@ class VLAN(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         null=True
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     custom_field_values = GenericRelation(
@@ -1016,7 +1017,7 @@ class Service(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         verbose_name='IP addresses'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
     custom_field_values = GenericRelation(
diff --git a/netbox/secrets/models.py b/netbox/secrets/models.py
index 2b76e0f5a..c29ff44fc 100644
--- a/netbox/secrets/models.py
+++ b/netbox/secrets/models.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 
 from dcim.models import Device
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.models import CustomFieldModel, TaggedItem
 from utilities.models import ChangeLoggedModel
 from .exceptions import InvalidKey
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ class SecretRole(ChangeLoggedModel):
         unique=True
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True,
     )
     users = models.ManyToManyField(
diff --git a/netbox/tenancy/models.py b/netbox/tenancy/models.py
index 9fa7f23ea..e28a13298 100644
--- a/netbox/tenancy/models.py
+++ b/netbox/tenancy/models.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
 from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.models import CustomFieldModel, TaggedItem
 from utilities.models import ChangeLoggedModel
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class Tenant(ChangeLoggedModel, CustomFieldModel):
         null=True
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True,
         help_text='Long-form name (optional)'
     )
diff --git a/netbox/users/models.py b/netbox/users/models.py
index cf0d826b5..1f548a4a9 100644
--- a/netbox/users/models.py
+++ b/netbox/users/models.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from django.core.validators import MinLengthValidator
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
+
 
 __all__ = (
     'Token',
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class Token(models.Model):
         help_text='Permit create/update/delete operations using this key'
     )
     description = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         blank=True
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/forms.py b/netbox/virtualization/forms.py
index ae516fcb3..7d069039f 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/forms.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from dcim.choices import InterfaceModeChoices
 from dcim.constants import INTERFACE_MTU_MAX, INTERFACE_MTU_MIN
 from dcim.forms import INTERFACE_MODE_HELP_TEXT
 from dcim.models import Device, DeviceRole, Interface, Platform, Rack, Region, Site
+from extras.constants import DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 from extras.forms import AddRemoveTagsForm, CustomFieldBulkEditForm, CustomFieldForm, CustomFieldFilterForm
 from ipam.models import IPAddress, VLANGroup, VLAN
 from tenancy.forms import TenancyFilterForm, TenancyForm
@@ -755,7 +756,7 @@ class InterfaceCreateForm(ComponentForm):
         label='MAC Address'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     mode = forms.ChoiceField(
@@ -840,7 +841,7 @@ class InterfaceBulkEditForm(BootstrapMixin, BulkEditForm):
         label='MTU'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )
     mode = forms.ChoiceField(
@@ -937,6 +938,6 @@ class VirtualMachineBulkAddInterfaceForm(VirtualMachineBulkAddComponentForm):
         label='MTU'
     )
     description = forms.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
+        max_length=DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False
     )