diff --git a/app/views/legislation/processes/_process.html.erb b/app/views/legislation/processes/_process.html.erb
index a5780f792..87c10cc4c 100644
--- a/app/views/legislation/processes/_process.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/legislation/processes/_process.html.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div class="small-12 medium-8 column">
       <div class="legislation-text">
         <h3><%= link_to process.title, process %></h3>
-        <%= simple_format(first_paragraph(process.description)) %>
+        <%= markdown(first_paragraph(process.description)) %>
       </div>
     </div>