diff --git a/templates/task b/templates/task
index 1e9936b2..e4aade92 100755
--- a/templates/task
+++ b/templates/task
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ docs() {
         local module_dir=$(dirname "$manifest_file")
         local module_name=$(basename "$module_dir")
         echo "Add summary of $module_name to readme file."
-        local summary=$(grep 'summary' "$manifest_file" -A 1 | tail -1)
+        local summary=$(python3 -c "import ast; d=ast.literal_eval(open('$manifest_file').read()); print(d.get('summary', '').replace('\n', ' ').strip())")
         echo "| [$module_name]($module_name) | $summary |" >> 'README.md'
     done
 }