diff --git a/app/Exports/ExportFormatter.php b/app/Exports/ExportFormatter.php
index 4f78830b0..85ac7d2c9 100644
--- a/app/Exports/ExportFormatter.php
+++ b/app/Exports/ExportFormatter.php
@@ -317,7 +317,12 @@ class ExportFormatter
     public function chapterToMarkdown(Chapter $chapter): string
     {
         $text = '# ' . $chapter->name . "\n\n";
-        $text .= $chapter->description . "\n\n";
+
+        $description = (new HtmlToMarkdown($chapter->descriptionHtml()))->convert();
+        if ($description) {
+            $text .= $description . "\n\n";
+        }
+
         foreach ($chapter->pages as $page) {
             $text .= $this->pageToMarkdown($page) . "\n\n";
         }
@@ -332,6 +337,12 @@ class ExportFormatter
     {
         $bookTree = (new BookContents($book))->getTree(false, true);
         $text = '# ' . $book->name . "\n\n";
+
+        $description = (new HtmlToMarkdown($book->descriptionHtml()))->convert();
+        if ($description) {
+            $text .= $description . "\n\n";
+        }
+
         foreach ($bookTree as $bookChild) {
             if ($bookChild instanceof Chapter) {
                 $text .= $this->chapterToMarkdown($bookChild) . "\n\n";
diff --git a/tests/Exports/MarkdownExportTest.php b/tests/Exports/MarkdownExportTest.php
index 05ebbc68d..3bccd4682 100644
--- a/tests/Exports/MarkdownExportTest.php
+++ b/tests/Exports/MarkdownExportTest.php
@@ -45,23 +45,35 @@ class MarkdownExportTest extends TestCase
     public function test_chapter_markdown_export()
     {
         $chapter = $this->entities->chapter();
+        $chapter->description_html = '<p>My <strong>chapter</strong> description</p>';
+        $chapter->save();
         $page = $chapter->pages()->first();
+
         $resp = $this->asEditor()->get($chapter->getUrl('/export/markdown'));
 
         $resp->assertSee('# ' . $chapter->name);
         $resp->assertSee('# ' . $page->name);
+        $resp->assertSee('My **chapter** description');
     }
 
     public function test_book_markdown_export()
     {
         $book = Book::query()->whereHas('pages')->whereHas('chapters')->first();
+        $book->description_html = '<p>My <strong>book</strong> description</p>';
+        $book->save();
+
         $chapter = $book->chapters()->first();
+        $chapter->description_html = '<p>My <strong>chapter</strong> description</p>';
+        $chapter->save();
+
         $page = $chapter->pages()->first();
         $resp = $this->asEditor()->get($book->getUrl('/export/markdown'));
 
         $resp->assertSee('# ' . $book->name);
         $resp->assertSee('# ' . $chapter->name);
         $resp->assertSee('# ' . $page->name);
+        $resp->assertSee('My **book** description');
+        $resp->assertSee('My **chapter** description');
     }
 
     public function test_book_markdown_export_concats_immediate_pages_with_newlines()