diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtml2Generator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtml2Generator.java
index 4f8ea21c8357..4ee92bd32460 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtml2Generator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtml2Generator.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import io.swagger.codegen.CodegenType;
 import io.swagger.codegen.DefaultCodegen;
 import io.swagger.codegen.SupportingFile;
 import io.swagger.models.Info;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.Mark;
+import io.swagger.codegen.utils.Markdown;
 import io.swagger.models.Model;
 import io.swagger.models.Operation;
 import io.swagger.models.Swagger;
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ public class StaticHtml2Generator extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfi
 
         additionalProperties.put("jsProjectName", jsProjectName);
         additionalProperties.put("jsModuleName", jsModuleName);
+
+        preparHtmlForGlobalDescription(swagger);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -195,6 +199,21 @@ public class StaticHtml2Generator extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfi
         return op;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse Markdown to HTML for the main "Description" attribute
+     *
+     * @param swagger The base object containing the global description through "Info" class
+     * @return Void
+     */
+    private void preparHtmlForGlobalDescription(Swagger swagger) {
+        String currentDescription = swagger.getInfo().getDescription();
+        if (currentDescription != null && !currentDescription.isEmpty()) {
+            Markdown markInstance = new Markdown();
+            swagger.getInfo().setDescription( markInstance.toHtml(currentDescription) );
+        } else {
+            LOGGER.error("Swagger object description is empty [" + swagger.getInfo().getTitle() + "]");
+        }
+    }
 
     private String sanitizePath(String p) {
         //prefer replace a ', instead of a fuLL URL encode for readability
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs2/index.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs2/index.mustache
index 12fe0d3b5746..53946c402142 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs2/index.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs2/index.mustache
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
               <div class="app-desc">Version: {{{version}}}</div>
             {{/version}}
             <hr>
-            <p class="marked">{{appDescription}}</p>
+            <div>{{{appDescription}}}</div>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div id="sections">