diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 402de6995..9f92329cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "markdown",
  "serde",
  "tempfile",
+ "templates",
  "test-case",
  "time",
  "utils",
diff --git a/components/content/Cargo.toml b/components/content/Cargo.toml
index df99263b1..8de332824 100644
--- a/components/content/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/content/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ markdown = { path = "../markdown" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 test-case = "3"  # TODO: can we solve that usecase in src/page.rs in a simpler way? A custom macro_rules! maybe
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
+templates = { path = "../templates" }
diff --git a/components/content/src/page.rs b/components/content/src/page.rs
index 041ab981d..a860ee50d 100644
--- a/components/content/src/page.rs
+++ b/components/content/src/page.rs
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ mod tests {
     use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
     use libs::globset::{Glob, GlobSetBuilder};
-    use libs::tera::Tera;
     use tempfile::tempdir;
+    use templates::ZOLA_TERA;
 
     use crate::Page;
     use config::{Config, LanguageOptions};
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Hello world"#;
         let mut page = res.unwrap();
         page.render_markdown(
             &HashMap::default(),
-            &Tera::default(),
+            &ZOLA_TERA,
             &config,
             InsertAnchor::None,
             &HashMap::new(),
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ Hello world"#;
         let mut page = res.unwrap();
         page.render_markdown(
             &HashMap::default(),
-            &Tera::default(),
+            &ZOLA_TERA,
             &config,
             InsertAnchor::None,
             &HashMap::new(),
@@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ Hello world
         let mut page = res.unwrap();
         page.render_markdown(
             &HashMap::default(),
-            &Tera::default(),
+            &ZOLA_TERA,
             &config,
             InsertAnchor::None,
             &HashMap::new(),
         )
         .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(page.summary, Some("<p>Hello world</p>\n".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(page.summary, Some("<p>Hello world</p>".to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ And here's another. [^3]
         let mut page = res.unwrap();
         page.render_markdown(
             &HashMap::default(),
-            &Tera::default(),
+            &ZOLA_TERA,
             &config,
             InsertAnchor::None,
             &HashMap::new(),
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ And here's another. [^3]
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             page.summary,
-            Some("<p>This page use <sup>1.5</sup> and has footnotes, here\'s one. </p>\n<p>Here's another. </p>\n".to_string())
+            Some("<p>This page use <sup>1.5</sup> and has footnotes, here\'s one. </p>\n<p>Here's another. </p>".to_string())
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/components/markdown/src/markdown.rs b/components/markdown/src/markdown.rs
index 8bdc778e2..735a5abd2 100644
--- a/components/markdown/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/markdown/src/markdown.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use crate::codeblock::{CodeBlock, FenceSettings};
 use crate::shortcode::{Shortcode, SHORTCODE_PLACEHOLDER};
 
 const CONTINUE_READING: &str = "<span id=\"continue-reading\"></span>";
+const SUMMARY_CUTOFF_TEMPLATE: &str = "summary-cutoff.html";
 const ANCHOR_LINK_TEMPLATE: &str = "anchor-link.html";
 static EMOJI_REPLACER: Lazy<EmojiReplacer> = Lazy::new(EmojiReplacer::new);
 
@@ -684,7 +685,9 @@ pub fn markdown_to_html(
                         event
                     });
                 }
-                Event::Html(text) if !has_summary && MORE_DIVIDER_RE.is_match(text.as_ref()) => {
+                Event::Html(text) | Event::InlineHtml(text)
+                    if !has_summary && MORE_DIVIDER_RE.is_match(text.as_ref()) =>
+                {
                     has_summary = true;
                     events.push(Event::Html(CONTINUE_READING.into()));
                 }
@@ -787,6 +790,19 @@ pub fn markdown_to_html(
             .position(|e| matches!(e, Event::Html(CowStr::Borrowed(CONTINUE_READING))))
             .unwrap_or(events.len());
 
+        // determine closing tags missing from summary
+        let mut tags = Vec::new();
+        for event in &events[..continue_reading] {
+            match event {
+                Event::Start(Tag::HtmlBlock) | Event::End(TagEnd::HtmlBlock) => (),
+                Event::Start(tag) => tags.push(tag.to_end()),
+                Event::End(tag) => {
+                    tags.truncate(tags.iter().rposition(|t| *t == *tag).unwrap_or(0));
+                }
+                _ => (),
+            }
+        }
+
         let mut events = events.into_iter();
 
         // emit everything up to summary
@@ -794,8 +810,30 @@ pub fn markdown_to_html(
 
         if has_summary {
             // remove footnotes
-            let summary_html = FOOTNOTES_RE.replace_all(&html, "").into_owned();
-            summary = Some(summary_html)
+            let mut summary_html = FOOTNOTES_RE.replace_all(&html, "").into_owned();
+
+            // truncate trailing whitespace
+            summary_html.truncate(summary_html.trim_end().len());
+
+            // add cutoff template
+            if !tags.is_empty() {
+                let mut c = tera::Context::new();
+                c.insert("summary", &summary_html);
+                c.insert("lang", &context.lang);
+                let summary_cutoff = utils::templates::render_template(
+                    SUMMARY_CUTOFF_TEMPLATE,
+                    &context.tera,
+                    c,
+                    &None,
+                )
+                .context("Failed to render summary cutoff template")?;
+                summary_html.push_str(&summary_cutoff);
+            }
+
+            // close remaining tags
+            cmark::html::push_html(&mut summary_html, tags.into_iter().rev().map(Event::End));
+
+            summary = Some(summary_html);
         }
 
         // emit everything after summary
@@ -820,6 +858,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use config::Config;
     use insta::assert_snapshot;
+    use templates::ZOLA_TERA;
 
     #[test]
     fn insert_many_works() {
@@ -875,7 +914,8 @@ mod tests {
         let mores =
             ["<!-- more -->", "<!--more-->", "<!-- MORE -->", "<!--MORE-->", "<!--\t MoRe \t-->"];
         let config = Config::default();
-        let context = RenderContext::from_config(&config);
+        let mut context = RenderContext::from_config(&config);
+        context.tera.to_mut().extend(&ZOLA_TERA).unwrap();
         for more in mores {
             let content = format!("{top}\n\n{more}\n\n{bottom}");
             let rendered = markdown_to_html(&content, &context, vec![]).unwrap();
diff --git a/components/markdown/tests/markdown.rs b/components/markdown/tests/markdown.rs
index e8cdcd42c..e286a48df 100644
--- a/components/markdown/tests/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/markdown/tests/markdown.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,25 @@ fn can_customise_anchor_template() {
     insta::assert_snapshot!(body);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn can_customise_summary_template() {
+    let mut tera = Tera::default();
+    tera.extend(&ZOLA_TERA).unwrap();
+    tera.add_raw_template("summary-cutoff.html", " (in {{ lang }})").unwrap();
+    let permalinks_ctx = HashMap::new();
+    let config = Config::default_for_test();
+    let context = RenderContext::new(
+        &tera,
+        &config,
+        &config.default_language,
+        "",
+        &permalinks_ctx,
+        InsertAnchor::Right,
+    );
+    let summary = render_content("Hello <!-- more --> World!", &context).unwrap().summary.unwrap();
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(summary);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn can_use_smart_punctuation() {
     let mut config = Config::default_for_test();
diff --git a/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/markdown__can_customise_summary_template.snap b/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/markdown__can_customise_summary_template.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..491852d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/markdown__can_customise_summary_template.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+source: components/markdown/tests/markdown.rs
+expression: summary
+---
+<p>Hello (in en)</p>
diff --git a/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/summary__no_truncated_summary.snap b/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/summary__no_truncated_summary.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 70c632d63..000000000
--- a/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/summary__no_truncated_summary.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-source: components/markdown/tests/summary.rs
-expression: rendered.body
----
-<p>Things to do:</p>
-<ul>
-<li>Program <!-- more --> something</li>
-<li>Eat</li>
-<li>Sleep</li>
-</ul>
diff --git a/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/summary__truncated_summary.snap b/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/summary__truncated_summary.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f8574a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/markdown/tests/snapshots/summary__truncated_summary.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+source: components/markdown/tests/summary.rs
+expression: body
+---
+<p>Things to do:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Program&hellip;
+</li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/components/markdown/tests/summary.rs b/components/markdown/tests/summary.rs
index 39dae4099..eb8aa04f9 100644
--- a/components/markdown/tests/summary.rs
+++ b/components/markdown/tests/summary.rs
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ And some content after
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn no_truncated_summary() {
-    let rendered = get_rendered(
+fn truncated_summary() {
+    let body = get_summary(
         r#"
 Things to do:
 * Program <!-- more --> something
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ Things to do:
 * Sleep
     "#,
     );
-    assert!(rendered.summary.is_none());
-    insta::assert_snapshot!(rendered.body);
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(body);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/components/templates/src/builtins/summary-cutoff.html b/components/templates/src/builtins/summary-cutoff.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eeefc9d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/templates/src/builtins/summary-cutoff.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% if summary is matching("\PP$") %}&hellip;{% endif %}
diff --git a/components/templates/src/lib.rs b/components/templates/src/lib.rs
index 59ab2abaf..04e7d1da3 100644
--- a/components/templates/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/templates/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub static ZOLA_TERA: Lazy<Tera> = Lazy::new(|| {
             include_str!("builtins/split_sitemap_index.xml"),
         ),
         ("__zola_builtins/anchor-link.html", include_str!("builtins/anchor-link.html")),
+        ("__zola_builtins/summary-cutoff.html", include_str!("builtins/summary-cutoff.html")),
         ("internal/alias.html", include_str!("builtins/internal/alias.html")),
     ])
     .unwrap();
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md b/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
index aed2de14b..a172d5eb1 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
@@ -162,3 +162,7 @@ available separately in the
 
 A span element in this position with a `continue-reading` id is created, so you can link directly to it if needed. For example:
 `<a href="{{ page.permalink }}#continue-reading">Continue Reading</a>`.
+
+The `<!-- more -->` marker can also exist in the middle of a line, and it will ensure that this does not emit unclosed HTML tags.
+You can use the `summary-cutoff.html` to show an ellipsis or other text after the summary (but before these closing tags) based
+upon the summary before the cutoff. By default, it will show an ellipsis (…) if the summary does not end in any punctuation.