diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs
index 7e18f1cb11..cf8212215e 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
                                         @focus-out={{action "setMetaDescription" this.metaDescriptionScratch}}
                                         @stopEnterKeyDownPropagation="true"
                                         data-test-field="meta-description" />
-                                    <p>Recommended: <b>156</b> characters. You’ve used {{gh-count-down-characters this.metaDescriptionScratch 156}}</p>
+                                    <p>Recommended: <b>145</b> characters. You’ve used {{gh-count-down-characters this.metaDescriptionScratch 145}}</p>
                                     <GhErrorMessage @errors={{this.post.errors}} @property="meta-description" />
                                 </GhFormGroup>
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
                                             </div>
                                             <div class="gh-seo-preview-link">{{this.seoURL}}</div>
                                             <div class="gh-seo-preview-title">{{truncate this.seoTitle 60}}</div>
-                                            <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc">{{this.seoDescription}}</div>
+                                            <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc">{{moment-format (now) "DD MMM YYYY"}} — {{truncate this.seoDescription 149}}</div>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-preview/social.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-preview/social.hbs
index cb04bf0274..ae89e2e123 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-preview/social.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-preview/social.hbs
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
                     >{{@post.metaDescription}}</textarea>
                 {{else}}
                     <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc editable pointer" {{on "click" this.editMetaDescription}}>
-                        {{moment-format (now) "DD MMM YYYY"}} — {{truncate this.serpDescription 170}}
+                        {{moment-format (now) "DD MMM YYYY"}} — {{truncate this.serpDescription 149}}
                     </div>
                 {{/if}}
             </div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/post-preview.css b/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/post-preview.css
index f6f35bc75d..f122e0da72 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/post-preview.css
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/post-preview.css
@@ -639,14 +639,11 @@
 }
 
 .gh-seo-preview-desc {
-    max-height: 45px;
-    overflow: hidden;
     color: #4d5156;
     font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
     font-size: 14px;
     line-height: 22px;
     font-weight: 400;
-    text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
 .gh-seo-preview-desc.editable:hover {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs
index 1fe8df4efb..e70d3272c9 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
                                             <div class="gh-seo-preview-link">{{this.config.blogDomain}}</div>
                                             <div class="gh-seo-preview-title">{{or this.settings.metaTitle this.settings.title}}</div>
                                             <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc">
-                                                {{moment-format (now) "DD MMM YYYY"}} — {{truncate (or this.settings.metaDescription this.settings.description) 170}}
+                                                {{truncate (or this.settings.metaDescription this.settings.description) 159}}
                                             </div>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>