diff --git a/release-tooling/auto-release.test.ts b/release-tooling/auto-release.test.ts
index c44c605..7c8f6e2 100644
--- a/release-tooling/auto-release.test.ts
+++ b/release-tooling/auto-release.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { test } from "node:test";
 
-test("auto-release's checkout persists no credentials, so the tag push authenticates as renovate-bot", () => {
+test("auto-release's checkout doesn't persist credentials, so the tag push authenticates as renovate-bot", () => {
   const workflow = readFileSync(".gitea/workflows/renovate.yml", "utf8");
   const job = workflow.slice(workflow.indexOf("\n  auto-release:"));
   const checkout = job.slice(job.indexOf("actions/checkout@"), job.indexOf("\n      - name:"));
diff --git a/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.test.ts b/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.test.ts
index a314f78..2763c4f 100644
--- a/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.test.ts
+++ b/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { test } from "node:test";
-import { DESCRIPTION, jwtFrom, leftoverPlaceholders, renderOverview } from "./dockerhub-overview.ts";
+import { DESCRIPTION, hubPatch, jwtFrom, leftoverPlaceholders, renderOverview } from "./dockerhub-overview.ts";
 
 const TEMPLATE = "release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.md.tmpl";
 const template = () => readFileSync(TEMPLATE, "utf8");
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ test("jwtFrom accepts only a non-empty string token, never throwing on a hostile
 
 test("the short description opens a README sentence and fits Docker Hub's 100 characters", () => {
   const readme = readFileSync("README.md", "utf8").replaceAll("**", "");
-  assert.ok(DESCRIPTION.length <= 100, `${DESCRIPTION.length} characters`);
+  assert.ok(DESCRIPTION.trim() !== "" && DESCRIPTION.length <= 100, `${DESCRIPTION.length} characters`);
   const escaped = DESCRIPTION.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
-  assert.match(readme, new RegExp(`^${escaped}(?=[\\s.:,])`, "m"));
+  assert.match(readme, new RegExp(`(?:\\n\\n|\\.\\s)${escaped}(?=[\\s.:,])`));
 });
 
 test("every command the overview shows, the README shows too", () => {
@@ -65,5 +65,9 @@ test("every command the overview shows, the README shows too", () => {
   const shown = new Set(commands(readFileSync("README.md", "utf8")));
   const published = commands(template());
   assert.ok(published.length > 0, `${TEMPLATE} should show commands`);
-  for (const command of published) assert.ok(shown.has(command), `${TEMPLATE} runs ${command}, which README.md doesn't show`);
+  for (const command of published) assert.ok(shown.has(command), `${TEMPLATE} shows ${command}, which README.md doesn't`);
+});
+
+test("the PATCH carries the short description beside the overview", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(hubPatch("# page"), { description: DESCRIPTION, full_description: "# page" });
 });
diff --git a/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.ts b/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.ts
index 7a7b8a4..5f95e40 100644
--- a/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.ts
+++ b/release-tooling/dockerhub-overview.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-// Publishes the Docker Hub repository overview from dockerhub-overview.md.tmpl, rendering
-// `{{VERSION}}` to the release being published, and the short description.
-
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
@@ -10,6 +7,10 @@ const VERSION = /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/;
 
 export const DESCRIPTION = "A self-hostable foundation for server-rendered web applications";
 
+export function hubPatch(overview: string): { description: string; full_description: string } {
+  return { description: DESCRIPTION, full_description: overview };
+}
+
 export function renderOverview(source: string, version: string): string {
   return source.replaceAll("{{VERSION}}", version);
 }
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<number> {
   if (!jwt) return fail("Docker Hub login returned no token");
 
   const res = await post(`${HUB}/repositories/${repo}/`, {
-    body: JSON.stringify({ description: DESCRIPTION, full_description: body }),
+    body: JSON.stringify(hubPatch(body)),
     headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${jwt}`, "content-type": "application/json" },
     method: "PATCH",
   });