ADD THIS BEFORE \begin{document} % add changemargin environments \newenvironment{changemargin}[2]{% \begin{list}{}{% \setlength{\topsep}{0pt}% \setlength{\leftmargin}{#1}% \setlength{\rightmargin}{#2}% \setlength{\listparindent}{\parindent}% %\setlength{\itemindent}{\parindent}% \setlength{\parsep}{\parskip}% }% \item[]} {\end{list}} ADD THIS WHERE YOU WANTED YOUR DESCRIPTION \begin{changemargin}{100pt}{0pt} \begin{description} \item[myDesc] test \item[myDesc2] test2 \end{description} \end{changemargin}