diff --git a/ssr/meta-description.ts b/ssr/meta-description.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56437d5f5a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssr/meta-description.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { DEFAULT_LOCALE } from "../libs/constants/index.js";
+import { Doc } from "../libs/types/document.js";
+
+export function getMetaDescription(doc: Doc): string {
+  const { pageType } = doc;
+  if (doc.locale === DEFAULT_LOCALE) {
+    const sections = doc.toc?.map(({ text }) => text) ?? [];
+
+    const syntaxItems = Object.entries({
+      Value: "type",
+      "Event type": "type",
+      Syntax: "syntax",
+      Parameters: "parameters",
+      Constructor: "constructor",
+      "Instance properties": "properties",
+      "Event properties": "properties",
+      "Instance methods": "methods",
+      "Return value": "return value",
+    })
+      .filter(([section]) => sections.includes(section))
+      .map(([, text]) => text);
+
+    const otherItems = Object.entries({
+      Exceptions: "exceptions",
+      Examples: "code examples",
+      Specifications: "specifications",
+      "Browser compatibility": "browser compatibility",
+    })
+      .filter(([section]) => sections.includes(section))
+      .map(([, text]) => text);
+
+    const listFormatter = new Intl.ListFormat("en", {
+      style: "long",
+      type: "conjunction",
+    });
+    const syntaxContents = listFormatter.format(syntaxItems);
+    const otherContents = listFormatter.format(otherItems);
+    const contents = [
+      syntaxContents ? `its ${syntaxContents}` : "",
+      otherContents,
+    ]
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join(", ");
+
+    switch (pageType) {
+      case "web-api-instance-property":
+      case "web-api-static-property":
+        // "Learn about the Window.localStorage property, ..."
+        // "Learn about the static Notification.permission property, ..."
+        return `Learn about the ${doc.title.replace(/^(.*?): (.*?) (static )?property$/, "$3$1.$2 property")}, including ${contents}.`;
+
+      case "web-api-instance-method":
+      case "web-api-static-method":
+        // "Learn about the EventTarget.addEventListener() method, ..."
+        // "Learn about the static URL.createObjectURL() method, ..."
+        return `Learn about the ${doc.title.replace(/^(.*?): (.*?) (static )?method$/, "$3$1.$2 method")}, including ${contents}.`;
+
+      case "web-api-interface":
+        // "Learn about the URLSearchParams interface, ..."
+        return `Learn about the ${doc.title} interface, including ${contents}.`;
+
+      case "web-api-event":
+        // "Learn about the DOMContentLoaded event, ..."
+        return `Learn about the ${doc.title.replace(/^.*?: /, "")}, including ${contents}.`;
+
+      case "web-api-constructor":
+        // "Learn about the URL() constructor, ..."
+        return `Learn about the ${doc.title.replace(/^.*?: /, "")}, including ${contents}.`;
+
+      case "web-api-global-function":
+        // "Learn about the global setTimeout() function, ..."
+        return `Learn about the ${doc.title.replace(/^(.*) global function$/, "global $1 function")}, including ${contents}.`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return doc.summary;
+}
diff --git a/ssr/render.ts b/ssr/render.ts
index 7cbdba439454..f3fcb41ff11c 100644
--- a/ssr/render.ts
+++ b/ssr/render.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
 // @ts-ignore
 import HTML from "../client/build/index.html?raw";
+import { getMetaDescription } from "./meta-description";
 
 // When there are multiple options for a given language, this gives the
 // preferred locale for that language (language => preferred locale).
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export default function render(
   const canonicalURL = `${BASE_URL}${url}`;
 
   let escapedPageTitle = htmlEscape(pageTitle);
+  let metaDescription = pageDescription;
 
   const hydrationData: HydrationData = { url };
   const translations: string[] = [];
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ export default function render(
     // Use the doc's title instead
     escapedPageTitle = htmlEscape(doc.pageTitle);
 
+    metaDescription = htmlEscape(getMetaDescription(doc));
     if (doc.summary) {
       pageDescription = htmlEscape(doc.summary);
     }
@@ -231,9 +234,9 @@ export default function render(
       return `<meta property="og:${typ}" content="${og.get(typ) || content}"/>`;
     }
   );
-  if (pageDescription) {
+  if (metaDescription) {
     html = html.replace(/<meta name="description" content="[^"]*"\/>/g, () => {
-      return `<meta name="description" content="${pageDescription}"/>`;
+      return `<meta name="description" content="${metaDescription}"/>`;
     });
   }
   html = html.replace("<title>MDN Web Docs</title>", () => `${titleTag}`);