diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index b2e5cb10..b5ddd8f3 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed regression that caused nodes in relationships graph
   to not have links to their corresponding symbol documentation.
   #153 by @mattt.
+- Fixed markup for parameter descriptions in HTML output.
+  #156 by @mattt.
 
 ## [1.0.0-beta.3] - 2020-05-19
 
diff --git a/Sources/swift-doc/Supporting Types/Components/Documentation.swift b/Sources/swift-doc/Supporting Types/Components/Documentation.swift
index ae533dd2..f1324288 100644
--- a/Sources/swift-doc/Supporting Types/Components/Documentation.swift	
+++ b/Sources/swift-doc/Supporting Types/Components/Documentation.swift	
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct Documentation: Component {
                     type = nil
                 }
 
-                return (entry.name, type, entry.description)
+                return (entry.name, type, entry.content)
             }
 
             fragments.append(#"""
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct Documentation: Component {
                       return #"""
                       <tr>
                           <th>\#(softbreak(entry.name))</th>
-                          \#(typeCell)</td>
+                          \#(typeCell)
                           <td>\#(commonmark: entry.description)</td>
                       </tr>
                       """# as HypertextLiteral.HTML