diff --git a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
index 057b4fa45..f318dd61e 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import * as configApi from '../../config';
 import common from '../common/common';
 import mermaidAPI from '../../mermaidAPI';
 import { log } from '../../logger';
-import { setTitle, getTitle, getAccDescription, setAccDescription } from '../../commonDb';
+import {
+  setTitle,
+  getTitle,
+  getAccDescription,
+  setAccDescription,
+  clear as commonClear,
+} from '../../commonDb';
 
 const MERMAID_DOM_ID_PREFIX = 'flowchart-';
 let vertexCounter = 0;
@@ -18,8 +24,6 @@ let tooltips = {};
 let subCount = 0;
 let firstGraphFlag = true;
 let direction;
-let title = 'Flow chart';
-let description = '';
 
 let version; // As in graph
 
@@ -32,18 +36,6 @@ export const parseDirective = function (statement, context, type) {
   mermaidAPI.parseDirective(this, statement, context, type);
 };
 
-// const getTitle = function () {
-//   return title;
-// };
-
-// const setAccDescription = function (txt) {
-//   description = sanitizeText(txt).replace(/\n\s+/g, '\n');
-// };
-
-// const getAccDescription = function () {
-//   return description;
-// };
-
 /**
  * Function to lookup domId from id in the graph definition.
  *
@@ -444,8 +436,7 @@ export const clear = function (ver) {
   tooltips = [];
   firstGraphFlag = true;
   version = ver || 'gen-1';
-  title = '';
-  description = '';
+  commonClear();
 };
 export const setGen = (ver) => {
   version = ver || 'gen-1';
diff --git a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison
index 74711ae55..690d2d708 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison
+++ b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 
 %x string
 %x title
-%x accDescription
 %x open_directive
 %x type_directive
 %x arg_directive
 %x close_directive
-
+%x acc_title
+%x acc_descr
+%x acc_descr_multiline
 %%
 \%\%\{                                                          { this.begin('open_directive'); return 'open_directive'; }
 <open_directive>((?:(?!\}\%\%)[^:.])*)                          { this.begin('type_directive'); return 'type_directive'; }
@@ -27,8 +28,14 @@
 [\s]+ 		                                                      /* ignore */
 title                                                           { this.begin("title");return 'title'; }
 <title>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                                        { this.popState(); return "title_value"; }
-accDescription                                                  { this.begin("accDescription");return 'accDescription'; }
-<accDescription>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                               { this.popState(); return "description_value"; }
+
+accTitle\s*":"\s*                                               { this.begin("acc_title");return 'acc_title'; }
+<acc_title>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                                    { this.popState(); return "acc_title_value"; }
+accDescr\s*":"\s*                                               { this.begin("acc_descr");return 'acc_descr'; }
+<acc_descr>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                                    { this.popState(); return "acc_descr_value"; }
+accDescr\s*"{"\s*                                { this.begin("acc_descr_multiline");}
+<acc_descr_multiline>[\}]                       { this.popState(); }
+<acc_descr_multiline>[^\}]*                     return "acc_descr_multiline_value";
 ["]                                                             { this.begin("string"); }
 <string>["]                                                     { this.popState(); }
 <string>[^"]*                                                   { return "txt"; }
@@ -63,7 +70,9 @@ statement
   :
 	| txt value          { yy.addSection($1,yy.cleanupValue($2)); }
 	| title title_value  { $$=$2.trim();yy.setTitle($$); }
-  | accDescription description_value  { $$=$2.trim();yy.setAccDescription($$); }
+  | acc_title acc_title_value  { $$=$2.trim();yy.setTitle($$); }
+  | acc_descr acc_descr_value  { $$=$2.trim();yy.setAccDescription($$); }
+  | acc_descr_multiline_value { $$=$1.trim();yy.setAccDescription($$); }  | section {yy.addSection($1.substr(8));$$=$1.substr(8);}
 	| directive
 	;
 
diff --git a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js
index dbd62cead..ceb92f9e7 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pie
     expect(title).toBe('a 60/40 pie');
   });
 
-  it('should handle simple pie without an acc description', function () {
+  it('should handle simple pie without an acc description  (accDescr)', function () {
     const res = pie.parser.parse(`pie title a neat chart
 "ash" : 60
 "bat" : 40
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ pie
     expect(description).toBe('');
   });
 
-  it('should handle simple pie with an acc description', function () {
+  it('should handle simple pie with an acc description (accDescr)', function () {
     const res = pie.parser.parse(`pie title a neat chart
-    accDescription a neat description
+    accDescr: a neat description
 "ash" : 60
 "bat" : 40
 `);
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@ pie
     expect(title).toBe('a neat chart');
     expect(description).toBe('a neat description');
   });
+  it('should handle simple pie with a multiline acc description (accDescr)', function () {
+    const res = pie.parser.parse(`pie title a neat chart
+    accDescr {
+      a neat description
+      on multiple lines
+    }
+"ash" : 60
+"bat" : 40
+`);
+
+    const sections = pieDb.getSections();
+    const title = pieDb.getTitle();
+    const description = pieDb.getAccDescription();
+    const section1 = sections['ash'];
+    expect(section1).toBe(60);
+    expect(title).toBe('a neat chart');
+    expect(description).toBe('a neat description\non multiple lines');
+  });
 
   it('should handle simple pie with positive decimal', function () {
     const res = pie.parser.parse(`pie
diff --git a/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js b/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js
index 0ed02a4a9..a1941a9c2 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ import { log } from '../../logger';
 import mermaidAPI from '../../mermaidAPI';
 import * as configApi from '../../config';
 import common from '../common/common';
+import {
+  setTitle,
+  getTitle,
+  getAccDescription,
+  setAccDescription,
+  clear as commonClear,
+} from '../../commonDb';
 
 let sections = {};
 let title = '';
@@ -21,10 +28,6 @@ const addSection = function (id, value) {
 };
 const getSections = () => sections;
 
-const setTitle = function (txt) {
-  title = common.sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
-};
-
 const setShowData = function (toggle) {
   showData = toggle;
 };
@@ -33,18 +36,6 @@ const getShowData = function () {
   return showData;
 };
 
-const getTitle = function () {
-  return title;
-};
-
-const setAccDescription = function (txt) {
-  description = common.sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
-};
-
-const getAccDescription = function () {
-  return description;
-};
-
 const cleanupValue = function (value) {
   if (value.substring(0, 1) === ':') {
     value = value.substring(1).trim();
@@ -58,10 +49,8 @@ const clear = function () {
   sections = {};
   title = '';
   showData = false;
+  commonClear();
 };
-// export const parseError = (err, hash) => {
-//   global.mermaidAPI.parseError(err, hash)
-// }
 
 export default {
   parseDirective,
@@ -76,5 +65,4 @@ export default {
   getShowData,
   getAccDescription,
   setAccDescription,
-  // parseError
 };