I tried to change the description of a custom field however I still see the old description in the create screen. I reindexed (for making changes to configuration) but still keep seeing the old description.
Make sure you change it under the Field configurations.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Specifying+Field+Behaviour#SpecifyingFieldBehaviour-Editingafield%27sdescription
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