diff --git a/datasette/static/app.css b/datasette/static/app.css
index f7e6c24f..234f535c 100644
--- a/datasette/static/app.css
+++ b/datasette/static/app.css
@@ -216,6 +216,18 @@ a:active  {
 	text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
+.table-summary .count-all ~ .table-summary-description {
+    margin-left: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.table-summary .count-error:not(:empty) {
+    display: block;
+    margin-top: 0.25rem;
+    font-size: 0.875rem;
+    font-weight: 400;
+    line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
 button.count-all {
     background: none;
     border: none;
diff --git a/datasette/templates/table.html b/datasette/templates/table.html
index e8d8ae65..3ce88e35 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/table.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/table.html
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if count or human_description_en %}
-    <h3>
+    <h3 class="table-summary">
         {% if count_truncated %}<span class="table-count" aria-live="polite">{{ "{:,}".format(count - 1) }}+ rows</span>
         <button type="button" class="count-all" data-count-url="{{ urls.table(database, table) }}/-/count">count all</button>
         <span class="count-error" role="alert"></span>
         {% elif count or count == 0 %}{{ "{:,}".format(count) }} row{% if count == 1 %}{% else %}s{% endif %}{% endif %}
-        {% if human_description_en %}{{ human_description_en }}{% endif %}
+        {% if human_description_en %}<span class="table-summary-description">{{ human_description_en }}</span>{% endif %}
     </h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins.py b/tests/test_plugins.py
index 734f0fc2..390a40f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -1300,7 +1300,8 @@ async def test_hook_filters_from_request(ds_client):
 
     ds_client.ds.pm.register(ReturnNothingPlugin(), name="ReturnNothingPlugin")
     response = await ds_client.get("/fixtures/facetable?_nothing=1")
-    assert "0 rows\n        where NOTHING" in response.text
+    summary = Soup(response.text, "html.parser").select_one(".table-summary")
+    assert summary.get_text(" ", strip=True) == "0 rows where NOTHING"
     json_response = await ds_client.get("/fixtures/facetable.json?_nothing=1")
     assert json_response.json()["rows"] == []
     ds_client.ds.pm.unregister(name="ReturnNothingPlugin")