diff --git a/modules/activiti-json-converter/src/main/java/org/activiti/editor/language/json/converter/BpmnJsonConverter.java b/modules/activiti-json-converter/src/main/java/org/activiti/editor/language/json/converter/BpmnJsonConverter.java
index d1aa34c56cb2f0bc47911f95ec5ad5f8a02504d6..53e9df71150d1abd7ea9fb5de2a93dc979691060 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-json-converter/src/main/java/org/activiti/editor/language/json/converter/BpmnJsonConverter.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-json-converter/src/main/java/org/activiti/editor/language/json/converter/BpmnJsonConverter.java
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ public class BpmnJsonConverter implements EditorJsonConstants, StencilConstants,
         process.setName(processNameNode.asText());
       }
       
+      JsonNode processDocumentationNode = modelNode.get(EDITOR_SHAPE_PROPERTIES).get(PROPERTY_DOCUMENTATION);
+      if (processDocumentationNode != null && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(processDocumentationNode.asText())) {
+        process.setDocumentation(processDocumentationNode.asText());
+      }
+      
       processJsonElements(shapesArrayNode, modelNode, process, shapeMap);
     }