diff --git a/backend/src/constants/groups.js b/backend/src/constants/groups.js
index e9c941a89..aec19eac5 100644
--- a/backend/src/constants/groups.js
+++ b/backend/src/constants/groups.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // this file is duplicated in `backend/src/constants/group.js` and `webapp/constants/group.js`
-export const DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN = 100 // with removed HTML tags
+export const DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN = 50 // with removed HTML tags
 export const DESCRIPTION_EXCERPT_HTML_LENGTH = 250 // with removed HTML tags
diff --git a/webapp/constants/groups.js b/webapp/constants/groups.js
index 1c49d3ff3..a634425a4 100644
--- a/webapp/constants/groups.js
+++ b/webapp/constants/groups.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // this file is duplicated in `backend/src/constants/group.js` and `webapp/constants/group.js`
 export const NAME_LENGTH_MIN = 3
 export const NAME_LENGTH_MAX = 50
-export const DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN = 100 // with removed HTML tags
+export const DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN = 50 // with removed HTML tags
 export const SHOW_GROUP_BUTTON_IN_HEADER = true