diff --git a/snippets/social-meta-tags.liquid b/snippets/social-meta-tags.liquid
index f9ef4f9fb..97d8f5571 100755
--- a/snippets/social-meta-tags.liquid
+++ b/snippets/social-meta-tags.liquid
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@
 <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">
 {% if template contains 'product' %}
   <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ product.title }}">
-  <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ product.description | strip_html | truncatewords: 140, '' | escape }}">
+  <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ page_description | truncatewords: 140, '' | escape }}">
   <meta name="twitter:image" content="https:{{ product.featured_image.src | img_url: 'medium' }}">
   <meta name="twitter:image:width" content="240">
   <meta name="twitter:image:height" content="240">
 {% elsif template contains 'article' %}
   <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ article.title }}">
-  <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ article.excerpt_or_content | strip_html | truncatewords: 140, '' | escape }}">
+  <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ page_description | truncatewords: 140, '' | escape }}">
   {% comment %}
     Check if content contains an image to add to the card
       - Source: http://blog.viralica.com/2013/09/twitter-product-cards-on-shopify/