diff --git a/tasks/compile-docs.js b/tasks/compile-docs.js
index 2c3d043645..078aa4e56b 100644
--- a/tasks/compile-docs.js
+++ b/tasks/compile-docs.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ _.extend(Compiler.prototype, {
     // Attempts to replace extension of content links to other documents
     compiledContents = compiledContents.replace(/.md/g, '.html');
 
-    return compiledContents;
+    return compiledContents.stripBrTags();
   },
 
   getPageTitle: function(compiledContents) {
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ _.extend(Compiler.prototype, {
         var description = compiledContents.match(/<p>([\s\S]*?)<\/p>/)[1];
 
         return description
-            // force translation of breaks to a space
-            .replace(/<br>/g, ' ')
+            .stripBrTags()
             // remove remaining tags
             .replace(/\<[^\>]*\>/g, '');
 //        }
@@ -326,3 +325,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     .then(this.async());
   });
 };
+
+String.prototype.stripBrTags = function() { return this.replace(/<br>/g, ' '); }
+