diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35e348b0..ff98d68b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ authors: [
 ]
 link: "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ" # The reference for an anchor around the title
 paige:
+  description_class: h5 text-start # Page description class
   math: true # Enable math typesetting with KaTeX
   titleclass: display-1 fw-medium text-start # Page title class
   toc: true # Show a table of contents if there are any headers
diff --git a/layouts/partials/paige/description.html b/layouts/partials/paige/description.html
index 0099d849..95f65925 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/paige/description.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/paige/description.html
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 {{ with .Description }}
-    <p class="lead text-center">{{ . | markdownify }}</p>
+    {{ $class := $.Params.paige.description_class | default "lead text-center" }}
+
+    <p class="{{ $class }}">{{ . | markdownify }}</p>
 {{ end }}