diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Passes.td
index 44da2965e6892..42d4d2083fc1c 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Passes.td
@@ -167,8 +167,15 @@ def LinalgInlineScalarOperandsPass : Pass<"linalg-inline-scalar-operands"> {
 }
 
 def LinalgFoldIntoElementwisePass : Pass<"linalg-fold-into-elementwise"> {
-  let summary = "Fold transform, broadcast and other ops into elementwise";
+  let summary = "Fold transpose ops into elementwise";
   let dependentDialects = ["linalg::LinalgDialect"];
+
+  let description = [{
+    Fold transpose ops that feed `linalg.elementwise` into the elementwise op
+    by updating its indexing maps. `linalg.transpose` producers whose consumer
+    indexing map is the identity are absorbed, turning the permutation into
+    the elementwise map itself. Other operands remain untouched.
+  }];
 }
 
 def LinalgDetensorizePass : InterfacePass<"linalg-detensorize", "FunctionOpInterface"> {