diff --git a/docs/_includes/layouts/pages/tokens.11ty.ts b/docs/_includes/layouts/pages/tokens.11ty.ts
index 0e397ca491..ab5291210d 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/layouts/pages/tokens.11ty.ts
+++ b/docs/_includes/layouts/pages/tokens.11ty.ts
@@ -365,9 +365,10 @@ export default class TokensPage extends Renderer<Data> {
         </h${options.level}>
       </uxdot-copy-permalink>`;
 
+    const description = options.tokens._?.$description ?? options.tokens.$description ?? '';
     return html`
       ${permalink}
-      <div class="description">${await this.renderTemplate(options.tokens.$description ?? '', 'md')}</div>
+      <div class="description">${await this.renderTemplate(description, 'md')}</div>
       ${this.#renderThemeTokensCard(options)}
       ${await this.#renderTable(options)}
       ${await this.#renderChildren(options)}