diff --git a/.changeset/fluffy-pumas-run.md b/.changeset/fluffy-pumas-run.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5db2be20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fluffy-pumas-run.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"openapi-typescript": patch
+---
+
+Now checking for null & empty string when generating enum description
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
index e9e3b2f46..fabf29580 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export const enumCache = new Map<string, ts.EnumDeclaration>();
 export function tsEnum(
   name: string,
   members: (string | number)[],
-  metadata?: { name?: string; description?: string }[],
+  metadata?: { name?: string; description?: string | null }[],
   options?: { export?: boolean; shouldCache?: boolean },
 ) {
   let enumName = sanitizeMemberName(name);
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function sanitizeMemberName(name: string) {
 }
 
 /** Sanitize TS enum member expression */
-export function tsEnumMember(value: string | number, metadata: { name?: string; description?: string } = {}) {
+export function tsEnumMember(value: string | number, metadata: { name?: string; description?: string | null } = {}) {
   let name = metadata.name ?? String(value);
   if (!JS_PROPERTY_INDEX_RE.test(name)) {
     if (Number(name[0]) >= 0) {
@@ -388,16 +388,12 @@ export function tsEnumMember(value: string | number, metadata: { name?: string;
     member = ts.factory.createEnumMember(name, ts.factory.createStringLiteral(value));
   }
 
-  if (metadata.description === undefined) {
+  const trimmedDescription = metadata.description?.trim();
+  if (trimmedDescription === undefined || trimmedDescription === null || trimmedDescription === "") {
     return member;
   }
 
-  return ts.addSyntheticLeadingComment(
-    member,
-    ts.SyntaxKind.SingleLineCommentTrivia,
-    " ".concat(metadata.description.trim()),
-    true,
-  );
+  return ts.addSyntheticLeadingComment(member, ts.SyntaxKind.SingleLineCommentTrivia, ` ${trimmedDescription}`, true);
 }
 
 /** Create an intersection type */
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
index 6dfcb2563..705e3e64f 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,11 @@ describe("tsEnum", () => {
         tsEnum(
           ".Error.code.",
           [100, 101, 102],
-          [{ name: "Unauthorized", description: "User is unauthorized" }, { name: "NotFound" }],
+          [
+            { name: "Unauthorized", description: "User is unauthorized" },
+            { name: "NotFound", description: "" },
+            { name: "Value102", description: null },
+          ],
         ),
       ).trim(),
     ).toBe(`enum ErrorCode {