diff --git a/exampleSite/content/news/_index.md b/exampleSite/content/news/_index.md
index d013c09b..92948ce0 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/news/_index.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/news/_index.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "News"
 seo_title: "News"
 seo_title: "News"
-description: "This is an example of the Eclipse Foundation Solstice theme for Hugo."
+description: "This is an example news page for the Eclipse Foundation Solstice theme for Hugo."
 date: 2018-04-05T15:50:25-04:00
 ---
 
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/single_page/index.md b/exampleSite/content/single_page/index.md
index 97254392..97a157ef 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/single_page/index.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/single_page/index.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 title: "Single Page Example"
 headline: "headline"
 date: 2018-04-05T16:09:45-04:00
-description: "description"
+description: |
+  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed imperdiet tortor id rhoncus pulvinar. Suspendisse nec aliquam ante. Sed vel convallis ex, ac elementum nisi. Nam eros lectus, tempus sit amet lorem at, laoreet blandit enim. Vestibulum metus justo, venenatis mollis ex quis, pretium ultricies orci. Pellentesque accumsan nulla ac leo convallis ornare. Cras rhoncus sapien lacus, vel tincidunt nibh lacinia ac. Vivamus vel egestas mi. Morbi nulla ante, rutrum quis congue non, luctus vehicula dui. Sed et nisi eu est egestas rhoncus.
 ---
 
 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed imperdiet tortor id rhoncus pulvinar. Suspendisse nec aliquam ante. Sed vel convallis ex, ac elementum nisi. Nam eros lectus, tempus sit amet lorem at, laoreet blandit enim. Vestibulum metus justo, venenatis mollis ex quis, pretium ultricies orci. Pellentesque accumsan nulla ac leo convallis ornare. Cras rhoncus sapien lacus, vel tincidunt nibh lacinia ac. Vivamus vel egestas mi. Morbi nulla ante, rutrum quis congue non, luctus vehicula dui. Sed et nisi eu est egestas rhoncus.
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index b7b98ebd..c8258d75 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@
 <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
 <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url={{ .Page.Params.redirect_url }}" />
 {{ end }}
-{{- with .Description | default .Summary  | default .Site.Params.description }}
+{{- with .Description | default .Summary }}
+{{- with  . | replaceRE "{{[\\s\\S]*?}}" " " | truncate 160 }}
 <meta name="description" content="{{ . }}">
 <meta property="og:description" content="{{ . }}">
-<meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ . | truncate 200 }}">
+<meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ . }}">
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 <meta name="author" content="{{ .Site.Author.name }}"/>
  {{- with  .Params.page_favicon | default .Site.Params.favicon | default "https://www.eclipse.org/favicon.ico"}}