diff --git a/models/repo.go b/models/repo.go
index 519802632902d..7c6aa9c8fab2f 100644
--- a/models/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"html/template"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	// Needed for jpeg support
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/markup"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/markup/markdown"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/options"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/storage"
@@ -990,13 +990,8 @@ func (repo *Repository) getUsersWithAccessMode(e Engine, mode AccessMode) (_ []*
 }
 
 // DescriptionHTML does special handles to description and return HTML string.
-func (repo *Repository) DescriptionHTML() template.HTML {
-	desc, err := markup.RenderDescriptionHTML([]byte(repo.Description), repo.HTMLURL(), repo.ComposeMetas())
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Failed to render description for %s (ID: %d): %v", repo.Name, repo.ID, err)
-		return template.HTML(markup.Sanitize(repo.Description))
-	}
-	return template.HTML(markup.Sanitize(string(desc)))
+func (repo *Repository) DescriptionHTML() string {
+	return string(markdown.Render([]byte(repo.Description), repo.HTMLURL(), repo.ComposeMetas()))
 }
 
 func isRepositoryExist(e Engine, u *User, repoName string) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl b/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
index 9e4e438a849e4..2ab2bab4cdbb2 100644
--- a/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			<div class="description">
-				{{if .DescriptionHTML}}<p>{{.DescriptionHTML}}</p>{{end}}
+				{{if .DescriptionHTML}}
+					<div class="ui markdown">
+						{{Str2html .DescriptionHTML}}
+					</div>
+				{{end}}
 				{{if .Topics }}
 					<div class="ui tags">
 					{{range .Topics}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/home.tmpl b/templates/repo/home.tmpl
index c9cc3725f174b..918bc9677ccac 100644
--- a/templates/repo/home.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/home.tmpl
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 		{{template "base/alert" .}}
 		<div class="ui repo-description">
 			<div id="repo-desc">
-				{{if .Repository.DescriptionHTML}}<span class="description">{{.Repository.DescriptionHTML}}</span>{{else if .IsRepositoryAdmin}}<span class="no-description text-italic">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.no_desc"}}</span>{{end}}
+				{{if .Repository.DescriptionHTML}}
+					<span class="description markdown">{{.Repository.DescriptionHTML | Str2html}}</span>
+				{{else if .IsRepositoryAdmin}}
+					<span class="no-description text-italic">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.no_desc"}}</span>
+				{{end}}
 				<a class="link" href="{{.Repository.Website}}">{{.Repository.Website}}</a>
 			</div>
 			{{if .RepoSearchEnabled}}