1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/typ/style.typ b/docs/typ/style.typ
index 9753eedf..f651878f 100644
--- a/docs/typ/style.typ
+++ b/docs/typ/style.typ
@@ -329,9 +329,13 @@
 /// and the table; in HTML a <details> that starts closed, its summary the
 /// heading and the count, so a reader who knows the words skips them.
 #let glossary(title, lbl, ..cells) = context if html-out() {
+  // a real definition list, so a text browser reads term, then meaning
   html.elem("details", attrs: (class: "glossary"), {
-    html.elem("summary", [#heading(title) #lbl #html.elem("span", attrs: (class: "count"), "(" + str(calc.quo(cells.pos().len(), 2)) + ")")])
-    pairs(..cells)
+    html.elem("summary", [#heading(title) #lbl])
+    html.elem("dl", for (term, meaning) in cells.pos().chunks(2) {
+      html.elem("dt", term)
+      html.elem("dd", meaning)
+    })
   })
 } else {
   [#heading(title) #lbl]