diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py b/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
index 93420964..7f95dd8f 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ def convert_django_field(field):
 @convert_django_field.register(models.URLField)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.UUIDField)
 def _(field):
-    return StringField(description=field.description)
+    return StringField(description=field.help_text)
 
 
 @convert_django_field.register(models.AutoField)
 def _(field):
-    return IDField(description=field.description)
+    return IDField(description=field.help_text)
 
 
 @convert_django_field.register(models.PositiveIntegerField)
@@ -40,22 +40,22 @@ def _(field):
 @convert_django_field.register(models.BigIntegerField)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.IntegerField)
 def _(field):
-    return IntField(description=field.description)
+    return IntField(description=field.help_text)
 
 
 @convert_django_field.register(models.BooleanField)
 def _(field):
-    return BooleanField(description=field.description, required=True)
+    return BooleanField(description=field.help_text, required=True)
 
 
 @convert_django_field.register(models.NullBooleanField)
 def _(field):
-    return BooleanField(description=field.description)
+    return BooleanField(description=field.help_text)
 
 
 @convert_django_field.register(models.FloatField)
 def _(field):
-    return FloatField(description=field.description)
+    return FloatField(description=field.help_text)
 
 
 @convert_django_field.register(models.ManyToManyField)
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ def _(field):
 @convert_django_field.register(models.OneToOneField)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.ForeignKey)
 def _(field):
-    return DjangoModelField(field.related_model, description=field.description)
+    return DjangoModelField(field.related_model, description=field.help_text)
diff --git a/graphene/core/fields.py b/graphene/core/fields.py
index 02263ad2..69e831ff 100644
--- a/graphene/core/fields.py
+++ b/graphene/core/fields.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class Field(object):
         internal_type = self.internal_type(schema)
         if not internal_type:
             raise Exception("Internal type for field %s is None" % self)
+
         return GraphQLField(
             internal_type,
             description=self.description,
diff --git a/tests/contrib_django/test_converter.py b/tests/contrib_django/test_converter.py
index 23a523ac..8c046997 100644
--- a/tests/contrib_django/test_converter.py
+++ b/tests/contrib_django/test_converter.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ from .models import Article, Reporter
 
 
 def assert_conversion(django_field, graphene_field, *args):
-    field = django_field(*args)
+    field = django_field(*args, help_text='Custom Help Text')
     graphene_type = convert_django_field(field)
     assert isinstance(graphene_type, graphene_field)
+    assert graphene_type.description == 'Custom Help Text'
     return graphene_type