diff --git a/django/contrib/admindocs/templates/admin_doc/view_detail.html b/django/contrib/admindocs/templates/admin_doc/view_detail.html
index d1aa3ab98f..5a5b47247e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admindocs/templates/admin_doc/view_detail.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admindocs/templates/admin_doc/view_detail.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 <h1>{{ name }}</h1>
 
-<h2 class="subhead">{{ summary|striptags }}</h2>
+<h2 class="subhead">{{ summary }}</h2>
 
 {{ body }}
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py b/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py
index 3708a32813..3a7ca4e781 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py
@@ -242,3 +242,7 @@ def remove_non_capturing_groups(pattern):
         final_pattern += pattern[prev_end:start]
         prev_end = end
     return final_pattern + pattern[prev_end:]
+
+
+def strip_p_tags(value):
+    return mark_safe(value.replace("<p>", "").replace("</p>", ""))
diff --git a/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py b/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py
index 38a2bb9286..3fdb34e0d1 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from django.utils.inspect import (
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
-from .utils import get_view_name
+from .utils import get_view_name, strip_p_tags
 
 # Exclude methods starting with these strings from documentation
 MODEL_METHODS_EXCLUDE = ("_", "add_", "delete", "save", "set_")
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ViewDetailView(BaseAdminDocsView):
             **{
                 **kwargs,
                 "name": view,
-                "summary": title,
+                "summary": strip_p_tags(title),
                 "body": body,
                 "meta": metadata,
             }
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ class ModelDetailView(BaseAdminDocsView):
             **{
                 **kwargs,
                 "name": opts.label,
-                "summary": title,
+                "summary": strip_p_tags(title),
                 "description": body,
                 "fields": fields,
                 "methods": methods,
diff --git a/tests/admin_docs/test_views.py b/tests/admin_docs/test_views.py
index 064ce27fb0..c48a89a1b0 100644
--- a/tests/admin_docs/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/admin_docs/test_views.py
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ class AdminDocViewTests(TestDataMixin, AdminDocsTestCase):
         # View docstring
         self.assertContains(response, "Base view for admindocs views.")
 
+    def testview_docstring_links(self):
+        summary = (
+            '<h2 class="subhead">This is a view for '
+            '<a class="reference external" href="/admindocs/models/myapp.company/">'
+            "myapp.Company</a></h2>"
+        )
+        url = reverse(
+            "django-admindocs-views-detail", args=["admin_docs.views.CompanyView"]
+        )
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertContains(response, summary, html=True)
+
     @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF="admin_docs.namespace_urls")
     def test_namespaced_view_detail(self):
         url = reverse(
@@ -408,9 +420,9 @@ class TestModelDetailView(TestDataMixin, AdminDocsTestCase):
 
     def test_model_docstring_renders_correctly(self):
         summary = (
-            '<h2 class="subhead"><p>Stores information about a person, related to '
+            '<h2 class="subhead">Stores information about a person, related to '
             '<a class="reference external" href="/admindocs/models/myapp.company/">'
-            "myapp.Company</a>.</p></h2>"
+            "myapp.Company</a>.</h2>"
         )
         subheading = "<p><strong>Notes</strong></p>"
         body = (
diff --git a/tests/admin_docs/urls.py b/tests/admin_docs/urls.py
index de23d9baf5..779d5f9f5f 100644
--- a/tests/admin_docs/urls.py
+++ b/tests/admin_docs/urls.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
     path("admindocs/", include("django.contrib.admindocs.urls")),
     path("", include(ns_patterns, namespace="test")),
+    path("company/", views.CompanyView.as_view()),
     path("xview/func/", views.xview_dec(views.xview)),
     path("xview/class/", views.xview_dec(views.XViewClass.as_view())),
     path("xview/callable_object/", views.xview_dec(views.XViewCallableObject())),
diff --git a/tests/admin_docs/views.py b/tests/admin_docs/views.py
index 21fe382bba..5bccaf29a0 100644
--- a/tests/admin_docs/views.py
+++ b/tests/admin_docs/views.py
@@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ class XViewClass(View):
 class XViewCallableObject(View):
     def __call__(self, request):
         return HttpResponse()
+
+
+class CompanyView(View):
+    """
+    This is a view for :model:`myapp.Company`
+    """
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        return HttpResponse()