diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py b/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py
index 354b086879c..3fdb8c6448d 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
     'name': 'Base',
     'version': '1.3',
     'category': 'Hidden',
-    'description': """The kernel of OpenERP, needed for all installation.""",
+    'description': """
+The kernel of OpenERP, needed for all installation.
+===================================================
+""",
     'author': 'OpenERP SA',
     'maintainer': 'OpenERP SA',
     'website': 'http://www.openerp.com',
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
index 5751ed678eb..c5df273ea02 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from openerp import modules, pooler, release, tools, addons
 from openerp.tools.parse_version import parse_version
 from openerp.tools.translate import _
 from openerp.osv import fields, osv, orm
+from docutils.core import publish_string
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -94,6 +95,15 @@ class module(osv.osv):
                           'module %s', name, exc_info=True)
         return info
 
+    def _get_desc(self, cr, uid, ids, field_name=None, arg=None, context=None):
+        res = dict.fromkeys(ids, '')
+        for module in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
+            desc = self.get_module_info(module.name).get('description', '')
+            overrides = dict(embed_stylesheet=False, doctitle_xform=False, output_encoding='unicode')
+            output = publish_string(source=desc, writer_name='html', settings_overrides=overrides)
+            res[module.id] = output
+        return res
+
     def _get_latest_version(self, cr, uid, ids, field_name=None, arg=None, context=None):
         res = dict.fromkeys(ids, '')
         for m in self.browse(cr, uid, ids):
@@ -182,7 +192,7 @@ class module(osv.osv):
         'category_id': fields.many2one('ir.module.category', 'Category', readonly=True, select=True),
         'shortdesc': fields.char('Module Name', size=64, readonly=True, translate=True),
         'summary': fields.char('Summary', size=64, readonly=True, translate=True),
-        'description': fields.text("Description", readonly=True, translate=True),
+        'description': fields.function(_get_desc, string='Description', type='html', method=True, readonly=True),
         'author': fields.char("Author", size=128, readonly=True),
         'maintainer': fields.char('Maintainer', size=128, readonly=True),
         'contributors': fields.text('Contributors', readonly=True),
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
index 19f9dbdaa44..ec7db50bbe6 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/module_view.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             <field name="model">ir.module.module</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <search string="Search modules">
-                    <field name="name" filter_domain="['|', '|', '|', ('description', 'ilike', self), ('summary', 'ilike', self), ('shortdesc', 'ilike', self), ('name',
+                    <field name="name" filter_domain="['|', '|', ('summary', 'ilike', self), ('shortdesc', 'ilike', self), ('name',
                         'ilike', self)]"/>
                     <filter name="app" icon="terp-check" string="Apps" domain="[('application', '=', 1)]"/>
                     <filter name="extra" icon="terp-check" string="Extra" domain="[('application', '=', 0)]"/>