diff --git a/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html b/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html
index 8478885..6e3214e 100644
--- a/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html
+++ b/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@
           </div>
         {% else %}
           {% if bookmark_item.description %}
-            <div class="description separate">
-              {{ bookmark_item.description }}
-            </div>
+            <div class="description separate">{{ bookmark_item.description }}</div>
           {% endif %}
           {% if bookmark_item.tag_names %}
             <div class="tags">
@@ -60,9 +58,7 @@
         {% endif %}
         {% if bookmark_item.notes %}
           <div class="notes bg-gray text-gray-dark">
-            <div class="markdown">
-              {% markdown bookmark_item.notes %}
-            </div>
+            <div class="markdown">{% markdown bookmark_item.notes %}</div>
           </div>
         {% endif %}
         <div class="actions text-gray">
diff --git a/bookmarks/tests/test_bookmarks_list_template.py b/bookmarks/tests/test_bookmarks_list_template.py
index ab89545..6e15ee2 100644
--- a/bookmarks/tests/test_bookmarks_list_template.py
+++ b/bookmarks/tests/test_bookmarks_list_template.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class BookmarkListTemplateTest(TestCase, BookmarkFactoryMixin, HtmlTestMixin):
         if has_description and has_tags:
             self.assertTrue("|" in description.text)
 
-        # contains description text
+        # contains description text, without leading/trailing whitespace
         if has_description:
             description_text = description.find("span", text=bookmark.description)
             self.assertIsNotNone(description_text)
@@ -372,10 +372,10 @@ class BookmarkListTemplateTest(TestCase, BookmarkFactoryMixin, HtmlTestMixin):
             description = soup.select_one(".description")
             self.assertIsNone(description)
         else:
-            # contains description text
+            # contains description text, without leading/trailing whitespace
             description = soup.select_one(".description.separate")
             self.assertIsNotNone(description)
-            self.assertEqual(description.text.strip(), bookmark.description)
+            self.assertEqual(description.text, bookmark.description)
 
         if not has_tags:
             # no tags element