diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
index 732bfc6b..7be348ba 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 {{ $logo := $page.Param "paige.feeds.atom.logo" | absLangURL }}
 {{ $rights := site.Copyright | markdownify }}
 {{ $subpages := $page.RegularPagesRecursive.ByPublishDate }}
-{{ $subtitle := $page.Description | markdownify }}
+{{ $subtitle := cond $page.IsHome ($page.Param "paige.site.description") $page.Description | markdownify }}
 
 {{ $lastmod := site.Lastmod.Format $date }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
index 98d2adee..93260f2d 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {{ $copyright := site.Copyright | markdownify | plainify | htmlUnescape }}
 {{ $date := "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST" }}
-{{ $description := or $page.Description (i18n "paige_recent_content") }}
+{{ $description := cond $page.IsHome ($page.Param "paige.site.description") $page.Description | markdownify }}
 {{ $editor := $page.Param "paige.feeds.rss.managing_editor" }}
 {{ $language := site.LanguageCode | default site.Language.Lang }}
 {{ $limit := site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit }}