diff --git a/api/client-server/definitions/timeline_batch.yaml b/api/client-server/definitions/timeline_batch.yaml
index 095bb61e..1bc03c40 100644
--- a/api/client-server/definitions/timeline_batch.yaml
+++ b/api/client-server/definitions/timeline_batch.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ properties:
       on the filter
     type: boolean
   prev_batch:
-    description: If the batch was limited then this is a token that can be supplied
-      to the server to retrieve earlier events
+    description: A token that can be supplied to to the ``from`` parameter of the
+      rooms/{roomId}/messages endpoint
     type: string
 type: object
diff --git a/templating/matrix_templates/templates/http-api.tmpl b/templating/matrix_templates/templates/http-api.tmpl
index ebf3b4ff..7496ea72 100644
--- a/templating/matrix_templates/templates/http-api.tmpl
+++ b/templating/matrix_templates/templates/http-api.tmpl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 {% endif -%}
 
-{{endpoint.desc | wrap(80)}}
+{{endpoint.desc}}
 
 {{":Rate-limited: Yes." if endpoint.rate_limited else "" }}
 {{":Requires auth: Yes." if endpoint.requires_auth else "" }}