diff --git a/admin/index.html b/admin/index.html
index fe419bb..4f6cf63 100644
--- a/admin/index.html
+++ b/admin/index.html
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
             text-decoration: line-through;
         }
 
+        .task-description {
+            max-width: 220px;
+        }
+
+        .task-schedule {
+            font-family: monospace;
+            white-space: nowrap;
+        }
+
         .mails-pending {
             color: green;
         }
diff --git a/admin/js/main.js b/admin/js/main.js
index a1a6a09..9ca19d5 100644
--- a/admin/js/main.js
+++ b/admin/js/main.js
@@ -238,11 +238,13 @@ angular.module('ffffngAdmin').config(function(NgAdminConfigurationProvider, Rest
 
     admin.addEntity(mails);
 
-    function taskClasses(task) {
-        if (!task) {
-            return;
-        }
-        return task.values.enabled ? 'task-enabled' : 'task-disabled';
+    function taskClasses(field) {
+        return function(task) {
+            if (!task) {
+                return;
+            }
+            return 'task-' + field + ' ' + (task.values.enabled ? 'task-enabled' : 'task-disabled');
+        };
     }
 
     var tasks = nga.entity('tasks').label('Background-Jobs');
@@ -256,12 +258,13 @@ angular.module('ffffngAdmin').config(function(NgAdminConfigurationProvider, Rest
         .batchActions([])
         .exportFields([])
         .fields([
-            nga.field('id').cssClasses(taskClasses),
-            nga.field('name').cssClasses(taskClasses),
-            nga.field('schedule').cssClasses(taskClasses),
-            nga.field('state').cssClasses(taskClasses),
-            nga.field('runningSince').map(formatMoment).cssClasses(taskClasses),
-            nga.field('lastRunStarted').map(formatMoment).cssClasses(taskClasses)
+            nga.field('id').cssClasses(taskClasses('id')),
+            nga.field('name').cssClasses(taskClasses('name')),
+            nga.field('description').cssClasses(taskClasses('description')),
+            nga.field('schedule').cssClasses(taskClasses('schedule')),
+            nga.field('state').cssClasses(taskClasses('state')),
+            nga.field('runningSince').map(formatMoment).cssClasses(taskClasses('runningSince')),
+            nga.field('lastRunStarted').map(formatMoment).cssClasses(taskClasses('lastRunStarted'))
         ])
         .filters([
             nga.field('q')
diff --git a/server/jobs/mailQueueJob.js b/server/jobs/mailQueueJob.js
index 1a55264..799e878 100644
--- a/server/jobs/mailQueueJob.js
+++ b/server/jobs/mailQueueJob.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 angular.module('ffffng').factory('MailQueueJob', function (MailService, Logger) {
     return {
+        description: 'Send pending emails (up to 5 attempts in case of failures).',
+
         run: function (callback) {
             MailService.sendPendingMails(function (err) {
                 if (err) {
diff --git a/server/jobs/monitoringMailsSendingJob.js b/server/jobs/monitoringMailsSendingJob.js
index e630e0a..2c2d101 100644
--- a/server/jobs/monitoringMailsSendingJob.js
+++ b/server/jobs/monitoringMailsSendingJob.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 angular.module('ffffng').factory('MonitoringMailsSendingJob', function (MonitoringService, Logger) {
     return {
+        description: 'Sends monitoring emails depending on the monitoring state of nodes retrieved by the NodeInformationRetrievalJob.',
+
         run: function (callback) {
             MonitoringService.sendMonitoringMails(function (err) {
                 if (err) {
diff --git a/server/jobs/nodeInformationCleanupJob.js b/server/jobs/nodeInformationCleanupJob.js
index 4772c06..5bb9e55 100644
--- a/server/jobs/nodeInformationCleanupJob.js
+++ b/server/jobs/nodeInformationCleanupJob.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 angular.module('ffffng').factory('NodeInformationCleanupJob', function (MonitoringService, Logger) {
     return {
+        description: 'Cleanup monitoring status entries for nodes no longer having monitoring enabled.',
+
         run: function (callback) {
             MonitoringService.cleanupNodeInformation(function (err) {
                 if (err) {
diff --git a/server/jobs/nodeInformationRetrievalJob.js b/server/jobs/nodeInformationRetrievalJob.js
index 9563fe6..133e65b 100644
--- a/server/jobs/nodeInformationRetrievalJob.js
+++ b/server/jobs/nodeInformationRetrievalJob.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 angular.module('ffffng').factory('NodeInformationRetrievalJob', function (MonitoringService, Logger) {
     return {
+        description: 'Fetches the nodes.json and calculates and stores the monitoring status for nodes with active monitoring.',
+
         run: function (callback) {
             MonitoringService.retrieveNodeInformation(function (err) {
                 if (err) {
diff --git a/server/jobs/scheduler.js b/server/jobs/scheduler.js
index 879f076..ddb7748 100644
--- a/server/jobs/scheduler.js
+++ b/server/jobs/scheduler.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ angular.module('ffffng').factory('Scheduler', function ($injector, Logger, confi
         var task = {
             id: id,
             name: jobName,
+            description: job.description,
             schedule: expr,
             job: job,
             runningSince: false,
diff --git a/server/resources/taskResource.js b/server/resources/taskResource.js
index 1567019..698c134 100644
--- a/server/resources/taskResource.js
+++ b/server/resources/taskResource.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ angular.module('ffffng').factory('TaskResource', function (
         return {
             id: task.id,
             name: task.name,
+            description: task.description,
             schedule: task.schedule,
             runningSince: task.runningSince && task.runningSince.unix(),
             lastRunStarted: task.lastRunStarted && task.lastRunStarted.unix(),