"put": {
                    "responses": {
                        "200": {
                            "description": "Successful Response",
                            "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
                        },
                        "422": {
                            "description": "Validation Error",
                            "content": {
                                "application/json": {

If you use this model as an input like here:

{* ../../docs_src/separate_openapi_schemas/tutorial001_py310.py ln[1:15] hl[14] *}

...then the `description` field will **not be required**. Because it has a default value of `None`.

### Input Model in Docs

You can confirm that in the docs, the `description` field doesn't have a **red asterisk**, it's not marked as required:

<div class="screenshot">

app = FastAPI()


class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: str | None = None
    price: float
    tax: float = 10.5


items = {
    "foo": {"name": "Foo", "price": 50.2},
    "bar": {"name": "Bar", "description": "The Bar fighters", "price": 62, "tax": 20.2},
    "baz": {
        "name": "Baz",
        "description": "There goes my baz",
        "price": 50.2,
        "tax": 10.5,
    },
}

app = FastAPI()


class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: str | None = None
    price: float
    tax: float = 10.5


items = {
    "foo": {"name": "Foo", "price": 50.2},
    "bar": {"name": "Bar", "description": "The Bar fighters", "price": 62, "tax": 20.2},
    "baz": {
        "name": "Baz",
        "description": "There goes my baz",
        "price": 50.2,
        "tax": 10.5,
    },
}

                It will be included in the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        description: Annotated[
            Optional[str],
            Doc(
                """
                Security scheme description.

                It will be included in the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,

        "name": "Foo",
        "price": 50.5,
        "description": None,
        "tax": None,
    }


def test_post_with_str_float(client: TestClient):
    response = client.post("/items/", json={"name": "Foo", "price": "50.5"})
    assert response.status_code == 200
    assert response.json() == {
        "name": "Foo",
        "price": 50.5,
        "description": None,
        "tax": None,
    }

        "name": "Foo",
        "price": 50.5,
        "description": None,
        "tax": None,
    }


@needs_py310
def test_post_with_str_float(client: TestClient):
    response = client.post("/items/", json={"name": "Foo", "price": "50.5"})
    assert response.status_code == 200
    assert response.json() == {
        "name": "Foo",
        "price": 50.5,
        "description": None,
        "tax": None,
    }

app = FastAPI()


class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: str | None = None
    price: float
    tax: float | None = None


@app.put("/items/{item_id}")
async def update_item(
    *,
    item_id: int,
    item: Item = Body(
        openapi_examples={
            "normal": {
                "summary": "A normal example",
                "description": "A **normal** item works correctly.",
                "value": {

                "normal": {
                    "summary": "A normal example",
                    "description": "A **normal** item works correctly.",
                    "value": {
                        "name": "Foo",
                        "description": "A very nice Item",
                        "price": 35.4,
                        "tax": 3.2,
                    },
                },
                "converted": {

			Key:         MimeTypes,
			Description: `comma separated wildcard mime-types` + defaultHelpPostfix(MimeTypes),
			Optional:    true,
			Type:        "csv",
		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         AllowEncrypted,
			Description: `enable 'encryption' along with compression`,
			Optional:    true,
			Type:        "on|off",
		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         config.Comment,
			Description: config.DefaultComment,