diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/color.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/color.rs
index 5c657b4e2..dd0287d4b 100644
--- a/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/color.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/color.rs
@@ -797,7 +797,9 @@ impl Color {
         components
     }
 
-    /// Returns the constructor function for this color's space:
+    /// Returns the constructor function for this color's space.
+    ///
+    /// Returns one of:
     /// - [`luma`]($color.luma)
     /// - [`oklab`]($color.oklab)
     /// - [`oklch`]($color.oklch)
diff --git a/docs/src/lib.rs b/docs/src/lib.rs
index e3eb21f98..155ffb827 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/docs/src/lib.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ fn category_page(resolver: &dyn Resolver, category: Category) -> PageModel {
             items.push(CategoryItem {
                 name: group.name.clone(),
                 route: subpage.route.clone(),
-                oneliner: oneliner(docs).into(),
+                oneliner: oneliner(docs),
                 code: true,
             });
             children.push(subpage);
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ fn category_page(resolver: &dyn Resolver, category: Category) -> PageModel {
                 items.push(CategoryItem {
                     name: name.into(),
                     route: subpage.route.clone(),
-                    oneliner: oneliner(func.docs().unwrap_or_default()).into(),
+                    oneliner: oneliner(func.docs().unwrap_or_default()),
                     code: true,
                 });
                 children.push(subpage);
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ fn category_page(resolver: &dyn Resolver, category: Category) -> PageModel {
                 items.push(CategoryItem {
                     name: ty.short_name().into(),
                     route: subpage.route.clone(),
-                    oneliner: oneliner(ty.docs()).into(),
+                    oneliner: oneliner(ty.docs()),
                     code: true,
                 });
                 children.push(subpage);
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ fn group_page(
     let item = CategoryItem {
         name: group.name.clone(),
         route: model.route.clone(),
-        oneliner: oneliner(&group.details).into(),
+        oneliner: oneliner(&group.details),
         code: false,
     };
 
@@ -772,8 +772,24 @@ pub fn urlify(title: &str) -> EcoString {
 }
 
 /// Extract the first line of documentation.
-fn oneliner(docs: &str) -> &str {
-    docs.lines().next().unwrap_or_default()
+fn oneliner(docs: &str) -> EcoString {
+    let paragraph = docs.split("\n\n").next().unwrap_or_default();
+    let mut depth = 0;
+    let mut period = false;
+    let mut end = paragraph.len();
+    for (i, c) in paragraph.char_indices() {
+        match c {
+            '(' | '[' | '{' => depth += 1,
+            ')' | ']' | '}' => depth -= 1,
+            '.' if depth == 0 => period = true,
+            c if period && c.is_whitespace() && !docs[..i].ends_with("e.g.") => {
+                end = i;
+                break;
+            }
+            _ => period = false,
+        }
+    }
+    EcoString::from(&docs[..end]).replace("\r\n", " ").replace("\n", " ")
 }
 
 /// The order of types in the documentation.
diff --git a/docs/src/model.rs b/docs/src/model.rs
index 801c60c7f..e3b15e377 100644
--- a/docs/src/model.rs
+++ b/docs/src/model.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub struct FuncModel {
     pub name: EcoString,
     pub title: &'static str,
     pub keywords: &'static [&'static str],
-    pub oneliner: &'static str,
+    pub oneliner: EcoString,
     pub element: bool,
     pub contextual: bool,
     pub deprecation: Option<&'static str>,
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pub struct TypeModel {
     pub name: &'static str,
     pub title: &'static str,
     pub keywords: &'static [&'static str],
-    pub oneliner: &'static str,
+    pub oneliner: EcoString,
     pub details: Html,
     pub constructor: Option<FuncModel>,
     pub scope: Vec<FuncModel>,