diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
index dc59dad4..b9d5e20d 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ if gt $limit 0 }}
-    {{ $subpages = $subpages | first $limit }}
+    {{ $subpages = first $limit $subpages }}
 {{ end }}
 
-{{ $titles := slice ($page.Title | markdownify) }}
+{{ $titles := slice (markdownify $page.Title) }}
 
 {{ range .Ancestors }}
-    {{ $titles = $titles | append (.Title | markdownify) }}
+    {{ $titles = $titles | append (markdownify .Title) }}
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ $title := delimit $titles " · " }}
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
             {{ $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 }}
             {{ $published := cond (not .PublishDate.IsZero) (.PublishDate.Format $format) "" }}
-            {{ $summary := .Description | markdownify }}
-            {{ $title := .Title | markdownify }}
+            {{ $summary := markdownify .Description }}
+            {{ $title := markdownify .Title }}
             {{ $updated := .Lastmod.Format $format }}
 
             {{ $link := cond $external .Params.link .Permalink }}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
             {{ end }}
 
             {{ if not $content }}
-                {{ $content = .Description | markdownify }}
+                {{ $content = markdownify .Description }}
             {{ end }}
 
             {{ if not $title }}
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
index 885f77ea..68358d01 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
     {{ $subpages = $subpages | first $limit }}
 {{ end }}
 
-{{ $titles := slice ($page.Title | markdownify) }}
+{{ $titles := slice (markdownify $page.Title) }}
 
 {{ range .Ancestors }}
-    {{ $titles = $titles | append (.Title | markdownify) }}
+    {{ $titles = $titles | append (markdownify .Title) }}
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ $title := delimit $titles " · " }}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
             <webMaster>{{ . }}</webMaster>
         {{ end }}
 
-        {{ range $subpage := $subpages }}
+        {{ range $subpages }}
             <item>
                 {{ $author := "" }}
                 {{ $authors := partial "paige/func-authors.html" . }}
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
                     {{ $description = .Description | markdownify }}
                 {{ end }}
 
-                {{ $description = $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 = 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 }}
 
                 {{ if and (not $description) (not $title) }}
                     {{ warnf "layouts/_default/rss.xml: Page %s does not have a title or description. The rss output requires a title or description. Either set the page's title or description parameters, or disable the rss output." .RelPermalink }}