diff --git a/templates/filelogentry-rss.tmpl b/templates/filelogentry-rss.tmpl
--- a/templates/filelogentry-rss.tmpl
+++ b/templates/filelogentry-rss.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <item>
-    <title>#desc|firstline|escape#</title>
+    <title>#desc|strip|firstline|rstrip|escape#</title>
     <link>#url#?f=#filenode|short#;file=#file#</link>
-    <description><![CDATA[#desc|escape|addbreaks#]]></description>
+    <description><![CDATA[#desc|strip|escape|addbreaks#]]></description>
     <author>#author|obfuscate#</author>
     <pubDate>#date|rfc822date#</pubDate>>
 </item>