diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
index d0ab5eeb..12c0633c 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@
         {{ if not (.Param "paige.exclude_feeds") }}
             <entry>
                 {{ $content := partial "paige/func-content.html" $subpage }}
+                {{ $description := markdownify .Description }}
                 {{ $external := and .Params.link (not (.Param "paige.feeds.disable_link")) | not | not }}
                 {{ $id := printf "tag:%s,%s:%s" (urls.Parse site.BaseURL).Host (.PublishDate.Format "2006-01-02") .RelPermalink }}
                 {{ $lastmod := .Lastmod.Format $date }}
                 {{ $published := cond (not .PublishDate.IsZero) (.PublishDate.Format $date) "" }}
-                {{ $summary := markdownify .Description }}
                 {{ $title := markdownify .Title }}
 
                 {{ $link := cond $external .Params.link .Permalink }}
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
                     <rights type="html"><![CDATA[{{ . }}]]></rights>
                 {{ end }}
 
-                {{ with $summary }}
+                {{ with $description }}
                     <summary type="html"><![CDATA[{{ . }}]]></summary>
                 {{ end }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
index ee81a6d6..84e46afd 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
                 <item>
                     {{ $author := "" }}
                     {{ $authors := partial "paige/func-authors.html" . }}
-                    {{ $description := partial "paige/func-content.html" $subpage }}
+                    {{ $content := partial "paige/func-content.html" $subpage }}
                     {{ $external := and .Params.link (not (.Param "paige.feeds.disable_link")) | not | not }}
                     {{ $guid := printf "tag:%s,%s:%s" (urls.Parse site.BaseURL).Host (.PublishDate.Format "2006-01-02") (cond (.Params.id | not) .RelPermalink .Params.id) }}
                     {{ $published := .PublishDate.Format $date }}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
                     {{ $link := cond $external .Params.link .Permalink }}
 
-                    {{ $description = partial "paige/func-minify.html" (dict "content" $description) }}
+                    {{ $content = partial "paige/func-minify.html" (dict "content" $content) }}
 
                     {{ with $authors }}
                         {{ $primary := index . 0 }}
@@ -117,26 +117,26 @@
                         {{ end }}
                     {{ end }}
 
-                    {{ if and $description $external }}
+                    {{ if and $content $external }}
                         {{ $text := or (.Param "paige.feeds.page_link" | markdownify) "⏎" }}
 
                         {{ $footer := printf `<p><a href="%s">%s</a></p>` .Permalink $text | safeHTML }}
 
-                        {{ $description = print $description $footer }}
+                        {{ $content = print $content $footer }}
                     {{ end }}
 
-                    {{ if not $description }}
-                        {{ $description = .Description | markdownify }}
+                    {{ if not $content }}
+                        {{ $content = .Description | markdownify }}
                     {{ end }}
 
-                    {{ $description = replaceRE `<a href="#fn:(\d+)" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">` (printf `<a href="%s#fn:$1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">` .Permalink) $description }}
-                    {{ $description = replaceRE `<a href="#fnref:(\d+)" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">` (printf `<a href="%s#fnref:$1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">` .Permalink) $description }}
+                    {{ $content = replaceRE `<a href="#fn:(\d+)" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">` (printf `<a href="%s#fn:$1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">` .Permalink) $content }}
+                    {{ $content = replaceRE `<a href="#fnref:(\d+)" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">` (printf `<a href="%s#fnref:$1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">` .Permalink) $content }}
 
                     {{ with $author }}
                         <author>{{ . }}</author>
                     {{ end }}
 
-                    {{ with $description }}
+                    {{ with $content }}
                         <description><![CDATA[{{ . }}]]></description>
                     {{ end }}