diff --git a/static/directives/new-header-bar.html b/static/directives/new-header-bar.html
index f0f11f5f6..94aa60710 100644
--- a/static/directives/new-header-bar.html
+++ b/static/directives/new-header-bar.html
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@
             <span class="avatar" data="result.namespace.avatar"  size="16"></span>
             <span class="result-name">{{ result.namespace.name }}/{{ result.name }}</span>
             <div class="description" ng-if="result.description">
-              {{ result.description }}
+              <div class="description markdown-view" content="result.description"
+                   first-line-only="true" placeholder-needed="false"></div>
             </div>
           </span>
         </span>