diff --git a/layouts/partials/summary.html b/layouts/partials/summary.html
index d8aabb4..4afb09b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/summary.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/summary.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- if .Params.summary -}}
-{{ .Params.summary }}
+{{ .Params.summary | markdownify | plainify }}
 {{- else -}}
 {{ .Summary | plainify | truncate 180 }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/sidenote.html b/layouts/shortcodes/sidenote.html
index bbaad55..8983bb6 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/sidenote.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/sidenote.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <span class="sidenote">
 <label class="sidenote-label" for="{{- .Get 1 -}}">{{- .Get 2 | markdownify -}}</label>
+{{- /* chomp trailing whitespace */ -}}
 <input class="sidenote-checkbox" style="display: none;" type="checkbox" id="{{- .Get 1 -}}"></input>
 {{- if $offset := .Get 3 -}}
 <span class="sidenote-content sidenote-{{- .Get 0 -}}" style="margin-top: {{- $offset -}}rem">
@@ -10,4 +11,6 @@
 {{- .Inner -}}
 <span class="sidenote-delimiter">]</span>
 </span>
+{{- /* chomp trailing whitespace */ -}}
 </span>
+{{- /* chomp trailing whitespace */ -}}