diff --git a/hugolib/page__content.go b/hugolib/page__content.go
index cc93fe5d5..4ec91f7b5 100644
--- a/hugolib/page__content.go
+++ b/hugolib/page__content.go
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ type contentTableOfContents struct {
 }
 
 type contentSummary struct {
-	content               string
+	content               template.HTML
 	contentWithoutSummary template.HTML
 	summary               page.Summary
 }
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ func (c *cachedContentScope) contentRendered(ctx context.Context) (contentSummar
 					Truncated: summarized.Truncated(),
 				}
 				result.contentWithoutSummary = template.HTML(summarized.ContentWithoutSummary())
-				result.content = summarized.Content()
+				result.content = template.HTML(summarized.Content())
 			} else {
-				result.content = string(b)
+				result.content = template.HTML(string(b))
 			}
 
 			if !c.pi.hasSummaryDivider && cp.po.p.m.pageConfig.Summary == "" {
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ func (c *cachedContentScope) contentRendered(ctx context.Context) (contentSummar
 				Text: helpers.BytesToHTML(html),
 				Type: page.SummaryTypeFrontMatter,
 			}
+			rs.Value.contentWithoutSummary = rs.Value.content
 		}
 
 		return rs, err
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ func (c *cachedContentScope) Content(ctx context.Context) (template.HTML, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	return template.HTML(cr.content), nil
+	return cr.content, nil
 }
 
 func (c *cachedContentScope) ContentWithoutSummary(ctx context.Context) (template.HTML, error) {
diff --git a/resources/page/page_markup_integration_test.go b/resources/page/page_markup_integration_test.go
index fc3c6a569..010a9d729 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_markup_integration_test.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_markup_integration_test.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ includecontent: {{ hugo.Context.MarkupScope }}|{{ $p.Markup.Render.Content }}|
 	)
 }
 
-func TestPageMarkupWithoutSummary(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPageContentWithoutSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	files := `
@@ -195,6 +195,13 @@ This is some content about a summary and more.
 Another paragraph.
 
 Third paragraph.
+-- content/p3.md --
+---
+title: "Post 3"
+date: "2020-01-01"
+summary: "This is summary in front matter."
+---
+This is content.
 -- layouts/_default/single.html --
 Single.
 Page.Summary: {{ .Summary }}|
@@ -229,6 +236,11 @@ Summary Truncated: {{ .Truncated }}|
 		"Summary Type: auto",
 		"Summary Truncated: true",
 	)
+
+	b.AssertFileContentExact("public/p3/index.html",
+		"Summary: This is summary in front matter.|",
+		"ContentWithoutSummary: <p>This is content.</p>\n|",
+	)
 }
 
 func TestPageMarkupWithoutSummaryRST(t *testing.T) {