diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta.html b/layouts/partials/meta.html
index ef5d008..8c2866b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{ range .AlternativeOutputFormats -}}
 <link rel="{{ .Rel }}" {{ printf "type=%q" .MediaType.Type | safeHTMLAttr }} title="{{ .Name }}" href="{{ .Permalink | safeURL }}">
 {{ end -}}
-<meta name="description" content="{{ with (.Description | default (replaceRE "\n" " " (.Summary | truncate 170))) }}{{ . }}{{ end }}">
+<meta name="description" content="{{ with (.Description | default (replaceRE "\n" " " (.Plain | truncate 170))) }}{{ . }}{{ end }}">
 <meta name="created" {{printf "content=%q" (.Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-0700") | safeHTMLAttr }}>
 <meta name="modified" {{printf "content=%q" (.Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-0700") | safeHTMLAttr }}>
 {{ with $.Param "author" }}<meta name="author" content="{{ . }}">{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta_json_ld.html b/layouts/partials/meta_json_ld.html
index d5af852..1875ef4 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/meta_json_ld.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta_json_ld.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "datePublished": {{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" }},
     "dateModified": {{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" }},
     "url" : {{ .Permalink }},
-    "description": {{ with (.Description | default (replaceRE "\n" " " (.Summary | truncate 170))) }}{{ . }}{{ end }},
+    "description": {{ with (.Description | default (replaceRE "\n" " " (.Plain | truncate 170))) }}{{ . }}{{ end }},
     {{ with .Params.tags -}}
     "keywords": {{ . }},
     {{ end -}}