---
title: HTMLTableElement.summary
slug: Web/API/HTMLTableElement/summary
tags:
  - API
  - HTML DOM
  - HTMLTableElement
  - NeedsBrowserCompatibility
  - NeedsSpecTable
  - Property
  - Reference
  - Deprecated
browser-compat: api.HTMLTableElement.summary
---
{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}} {{Deprecated_Header}}

The **`HTMLTableElement.summary`** property represents the
table description.

## Syntax

```js
HTMLTableElement.summary = string;
varstring = HTMLTableElement.summary;
```

## Example

```js
HTMLTableElement.summary = "Usage statistics";
```

## Specifications

- W3C DOM 2 HTML Specification

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}
