diff --git a/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl b/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl
--- a/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl
+++ b/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div>
-<a class="title" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#;style=raw">#desc|escape|firstline#</a>
+<a class="title" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#;style=raw">#desc|strip|escape|firstline#</a>
 </div>
 <div class="title_text">
 <table cellspacing="0">
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 </table></div>
 
 <div class="title_text">
-#desc|escape|addbreaks#
+#desc|strip|escape|addbreaks#
 </div>
 
 <div class="title_text">