diff --git a/erfa/core.py.templ b/erfa/core.py.templ
index e4d2410..d00c4b8 100644
--- a/erfa/core.py.templ
+++ b/erfa/core.py.templ
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ STATUS_CODES['{{ func.pyname }}'] = {{ stat.to_python() }}
 
 def {{ func.pyname }}({{ func.args_by_inout('in|inout')|map(attribute='name')|join(', ') }}):
     """
-    {{ func.doc.title }}
+    {{ func.doc.first_sentence | indent(2)}}
     {%- if func.args_by_inout('in|inout') %}
 
     Parameters
diff --git a/erfa_generator.py b/erfa_generator.py
index db6145c..0b12dcd 100644
--- a/erfa_generator.py
+++ b/erfa_generator.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 class FunctionDoc:
     def __init__(self, doc: str, pyname: str) -> None:
+        self.pyname: Final = pyname
         if pyname == "ldn":
             doc = doc.removeprefix("+")
         elif pyname == "aticqn":
@@ -62,22 +63,12 @@ def _get_arg_doc_list(self, regex: str, n_spaces: int) -> set[str]:
         return set(doc_list)
 
     @property
-    def title(self):
-        # Used for the docstring title.
-        lines = [line.strip() for line in self.doc.split('\n')[4:10]]
-        # Always include the first line, then stop at either an empty
-        # line or at the end of a sentence.
-        description = lines[:1]
-        for line in lines[1:]:
-            if line == '':
-                break
-            if '. ' in line:
-                line = line[:line.index('. ')+1]
-            description.append(line)
-            if line.endswith('.'):
-                break
-
-        return '\n    '.join(description)
+    def first_sentence(self) -> str:
+        if m := re.search(r"[- ]+\n\n  (.+?\.)\s", self.doc, re.DOTALL):
+            return m.group(1)
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"cannot find the first sentence of {self.pyname} doc comment"
+        )
 
 
 class Variable: