diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index 0035716ef..76513788f 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
           {{ end }}
           <p
             class="text-black dark:text-gray-100 leading-6 text-sm md:text-base three-lines-ellipsis">
-            {{ (or .Params.description .Summary) | plainify | safeHTML }}
+            {{ if and (eq .Section "commands") .IsPage }}
+              {{ $simpleCobraCommandShort := .RawContent | strings.ReplaceRE `(?s)^##\s.+?\n\n(.+?)\n\n.*` "$1" }}
+              {{ printf "%s." $simpleCobraCommandShort }}
+            {{ else }}
+              {{ (or .Params.description .Summary) | plainify | safeHTML }}
+            {{ end }}
           </p>
         </a>
       {{ end }}