diff --git a/templates/changelogentry.tmpl b/templates/changelogentry.tmpl
--- a/templates/changelogentry.tmpl
+++ b/templates/changelogentry.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <table class="changelogEntry parity#parity#">
  <tr>
   <th class="age" width="15%">#date|age# ago:</th>
-  <th class="firstline">#desc|firstline|escape#</th>
+  <th class="firstline">#desc|strip|firstline|escape#</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th class="changesetRev">changeset #rev#:</th>