diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 690fdc4920..074d8eaa6f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - [CLI] Bump Roslyn to 4.5.0 ([#1043](https://github.com/josefpihrt/roslynator/pull/1043)).
+- [CLI] Add more information about the found diagnostics to the XML output file ([#1078](https://github.com/josefpihrt/roslynator/pull/1078) by @PeterKaszab).
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/CommandLine/Xml/DiagnosticXmlSerializer.cs b/src/CommandLine/Xml/DiagnosticXmlSerializer.cs
index ec8f3ab461..6cd84ec70a 100644
--- a/src/CommandLine/Xml/DiagnosticXmlSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/CommandLine/Xml/DiagnosticXmlSerializer.cs
@@ -86,11 +86,30 @@ private static XElement CreateSummary(IEnumerable<DiagnosticInfo> diagnostics, I
             diagnostics
                 .GroupBy(f => f.Descriptor, DiagnosticDescriptorComparer.Id)
                 .OrderBy(f => f.Key, DiagnosticDescriptorComparer.Id)
-                .Select(f => new XElement(
-                    "Diagnostic",
-                    new XAttribute("Id", f.Key.Id),
-                    new XAttribute("Title", f.Key.Title.ToString(formatProvider)),
-                    new XAttribute("Count", f.Count()))));
+                .Select(f => SerializeSummaryDiagnosticGroup(f, formatProvider)));
+    }
+
+    private static XElement SerializeSummaryDiagnosticGroup(
+        IGrouping<DiagnosticDescriptor, DiagnosticInfo> group,
+        IFormatProvider formatProvider)
+    {
+        XElement descriptionElement = null;
+        XElement helpLinkElement = null;
+
+        string descriptionText = group.Key.Description?.ToString(formatProvider);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(descriptionText))
+            descriptionElement = new XElement("Description", descriptionText);
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(group.Key.HelpLinkUri))
+            helpLinkElement = new XElement("HelpLink", group.Key.HelpLinkUri);
+
+        return new XElement(
+            "Diagnostic",
+            new XAttribute("Id", group.Key.Id),
+            new XAttribute("Title", group.Key.Title.ToString(formatProvider)),
+            new XAttribute("Count", group.Count()),
+            descriptionElement,
+            helpLinkElement);
     }
 
     private static void SerializeDocument(string filePath, XElement summary, params object[] projects)