diff --git a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py
index 60e74c019b6..338d71f16da 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py
+++ b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from odoo import api, fields, models, tools, _
 from odoo.addons.http_routing.models.ir_http import slug
 from odoo.exceptions import AccessError
 from odoo.osv import expression
+from odoo.tools import is_html_empty
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -148,8 +149,8 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
     # description
     name = fields.Char('Name', translate=True, required=True)
     active = fields.Boolean(default=True, tracking=100)
-    description = fields.Text('Description', translate=True, help="The description that is displayed on top of the course page, just below the title")
-    description_short = fields.Text('Short Description', translate=True, help="The description that is displayed on the course card")
+    description = fields.Html('Description', translate=True, help="The description that is displayed on top of the course page, just below the title")
+    description_short = fields.Html('Short Description', translate=True, help="The description that is displayed on the course card")
     description_html = fields.Html('Detailed Description', translate=tools.html_translate, sanitize_attributes=False, sanitize_form=False)
     channel_type = fields.Selection([
         ('training', 'Training'), ('documentation', 'Documentation')],
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
             vals['channel_partner_ids'] = [(0, 0, {
                 'partner_id': self.env.user.partner_id.id
             })]
-        if vals.get('description') and not vals.get('description_short'):
+        if not is_html_empty(vals.get('description')) and  is_html_empty(vals.get('description_short')):
             vals['description_short'] = vals['description']
         channel = super(Channel, self.with_context(mail_create_nosubscribe=True)).create(vals)
 
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
 
     def write(self, vals):
         # If description_short wasn't manually modified, there is an implicit link between this field and description.
-        if vals.get('description') and not vals.get('description_short') and self.description == self.description_short:
+        if not is_html_empty(vals.get('description')) and is_html_empty(vals.get('description_short')) and self.description == self.description_short:
             vals['description_short'] = vals.get('description')
 
         res = super(Channel, self).write(vals)
diff --git a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py
index 8c8c3474bce..546ab68309b 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py
+++ b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from odoo.addons.http_routing.models.ir_http import slug
 from odoo.exceptions import Warning, UserError, AccessError
 from odoo.http import request
 from odoo.addons.http_routing.models.ir_http import url_for
-from odoo.tools import sql
+from odoo.tools import html2plaintext, sql
 
 
 class SlidePartnerRelation(models.Model):
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Slide(models.Model):
     active = fields.Boolean(default=True, tracking=100)
     sequence = fields.Integer('Sequence', default=0)
     user_id = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Uploaded by', default=lambda self: self.env.uid)
-    description = fields.Text('Description', translate=True)
+    description = fields.Html('Description', translate=True)
     channel_id = fields.Many2one('slide.channel', string="Course", required=True)
     tag_ids = fields.Many2many('slide.tag', 'rel_slide_tag', 'slide_id', 'tag_id', string='Tags')
     is_preview = fields.Boolean('Allow Preview', default=False, help="The course is accessible by anyone : the users don't need to join the channel to access the content of the course.")
@@ -876,9 +876,9 @@ class Slide(models.Model):
     def _default_website_meta(self):
         res = super(Slide, self)._default_website_meta()
         res['default_opengraph']['og:title'] = res['default_twitter']['twitter:title'] = self.name
-        res['default_opengraph']['og:description'] = res['default_twitter']['twitter:description'] = self.description
+        res['default_opengraph']['og:description'] = res['default_twitter']['twitter:description'] = html2plaintext(self.description)
         res['default_opengraph']['og:image'] = res['default_twitter']['twitter:image'] = self.env['website'].image_url(self, 'image_1024')
-        res['default_meta_description'] = self.description
+        res['default_meta_description'] = html2plaintext(self.description)
         return res
 
     # ---------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml b/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml
index 837455628c5..a2b40070242 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml
+++ b/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                         <div class="col-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 d-flex flex-column">
                             <div class="d-flex flex-column">
                                 <h1 t-field="channel.name"/>
-                                <p class="mb-0 mb-xl-3" t-field="channel.description"/>
+                                <div class="mb-0 mb-xl-3" t-field="channel.description"/>
 
                                 <div t-if="channel.channel_type == 'documentation'" class="d-flex mb-md-5">
                                     <button role="button" class="btn text-white pl-0" title="Share Channel"