diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
index efd8b5f5ff3..505f6e036e3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
@@ -1025,8 +1025,10 @@ pre.light-well {
       margin: 0;
     }
 
-    @include media-breakpoint-up(md) {
-      .description {
+    .description {
+      line-height: 1.5;
+
+      @include media-breakpoint-up(md) {
         color: $gl-text-color;
       }
     }
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/homepage-proj-descr-cutoff.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/homepage-proj-descr-cutoff.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..837c01f6722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/homepage-proj-descr-cutoff.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Increase line height of project summaries
+merge_request:
+author: gfyoung
+type: fixed