diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6040d0772..8c67a2c822 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Documenter.jl changelog
 
+## Version `v0.25.5`
+
+* ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] In the HTML output, display equations that are wider than the page now get a scrollbar instead of overflowing. ([#1470][github-1470], [#1476][github-1476])
+
 ## Version `v0.25.4`
 
 * ![Feature][badge-feature] Documenter can now deploy from Buildkite CI to GitHub Pages with `Documenter.Buildkite`. ([#1469][github-1469])
@@ -682,9 +686,11 @@
 [github-1463]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1463
 [github-1466]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/1466
 [github-1469]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1469
+[github-1470]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/1470
 [github-1471]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1471
 [github-1472]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1472
 [github-1474]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1474
+[github-1476]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1476
 
 [julia-38079]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/38079
 
diff --git a/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss b/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss
index f76f736227..3bfd6a29af 100644
--- a/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss
+++ b/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
   right: 0;
 }
 
+// fix spacing for math displays, particularly important with overflow scroll bar
+.katex-display, mjx-container, .MathJax_Display {
+  margin: 0.5em 0 !important;
+}
+
 // Set font subpixel rendering to auto on the HTML tag
 html {
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: auto;
diff --git a/assets/html/scss/documenter/layout/_main.scss b/assets/html/scss/documenter/layout/_main.scss
index 0acbcdbceb..b9a5a494a8 100644
--- a/assets/html/scss/documenter/layout/_main.scss
+++ b/assets/html/scss/documenter/layout/_main.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
       // Long inline words can happen, so we'll break them in case that, instead of letting
       // go into overflow. Most likely to happen with inline code snippets.
       overflow-wrap: break-word;
+
+      .math-container {
+        overflow-x: auto;
+      }
     }
 
     @include desktop {
diff --git a/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css b/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css
index ea7d8034f1..f866234ff7 100644
--- a/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css
+++ b/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css
@@ -7305,11 +7305,15 @@ html.theme--documenter-dark {
   html.theme--documenter-dark .katex .katex-mathml {
     top: 0;
     right: 0; }
+  html.theme--documenter-dark .katex-display, html.theme--documenter-dark mjx-container, html.theme--documenter-dark .MathJax_Display {
+    margin: 0.5em 0 !important; }
   html.theme--documenter-dark html {
     -moz-osx-font-smoothing: auto;
     -webkit-font-smoothing: auto; }
   html.theme--documenter-dark #documenter .docs-main > article {
     overflow-wrap: break-word; }
+    html.theme--documenter-dark #documenter .docs-main > article .math-container {
+      overflow-x: auto; }
   @media screen and (min-width: 1056px) {
     html.theme--documenter-dark #documenter .docs-main {
       max-width: 52rem;
diff --git a/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css b/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css
index b5dbe628e2..57fdf947d7 100644
--- a/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css
+++ b/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css
@@ -7277,6 +7277,9 @@ h1:hover .docs-heading-anchor-permalink, h2:hover .docs-heading-anchor-permalink
   top: 0;
   right: 0; }
 
+.katex-display, mjx-container, .MathJax_Display {
+  margin: 0.5em 0 !important; }
+
 html {
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: auto;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: auto; }
@@ -7287,6 +7290,8 @@ html {
  */
 #documenter .docs-main > article {
   overflow-wrap: break-word; }
+  #documenter .docs-main > article .math-container {
+    overflow-x: auto; }
 
 @media screen and (min-width: 1056px) {
   #documenter .docs-main {
diff --git a/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl b/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl
index f4058c6bbd..77272fe76b 100644
--- a/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl
+++ b/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl
@@ -1634,7 +1634,10 @@ end
 
 mdconvert(i::Markdown.Italic, parent; kwargs...) = Tag(:em)(mdconvert(i.text, i; kwargs...))
 
-mdconvert(m::Markdown.LaTeX, ::MDBlockContext; kwargs...)   = Tag(:div)(string("\\[", m.formula, "\\]"))
+function mdconvert(m::Markdown.LaTeX, ::MDBlockContext; kwargs...)
+    @tags p
+    p[".math-container"](string("\\[", m.formula, "\\]"))
+end
 mdconvert(m::Markdown.LaTeX, parent; kwargs...) = Tag(:span)(string('$', m.formula, '$'))
 
 mdconvert(::Markdown.LineBreak, parent; kwargs...) = Tag(:br)()
diff --git a/test/examples/make.jl b/test/examples/make.jl
index 0a1c7b3a20..13becda892 100644
--- a/test/examples/make.jl
+++ b/test/examples/make.jl
@@ -37,6 +37,39 @@ module Mod
     [`func(x)`](@ref)
     """
     mutable struct T end
+
+    @doc raw"""
+    Inline: ``\frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}``
+
+    Display equation:
+
+    ```math
+    \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}
+    ```
+
+    !!! note "Long equations in admonitions"
+
+        Inline: ``\frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}``
+
+        Display equation:
+
+        ```math
+        \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}
+        ```
+
+    Long equations in footnotes.[^longeq-footnote]
+
+    [^longeq-footnote]:
+
+        Inline: ``\frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}``
+
+        Display equation:
+
+        ```math
+        \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}
+        ```
+    """
+    function long_equations_in_docstrings end
 end
 
 "`AutoDocs` module."
diff --git a/test/examples/src/man/style.md b/test/examples/src/man/style.md
index d215087f25..7b1d9ab649 100644
--- a/test/examples/src/man/style.md
+++ b/test/examples/src/man/style.md
@@ -83,3 +83,39 @@ This sentence has a footnote.[^5]
     x = randn(LogDensityProblems.dimension(∇P))
     @benchmark LogDensityProblems.logdensity_and_gradient($∇P, $x)
     ```
+
+## Math
+
+Inline: ``\frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}``
+
+Display equation:
+
+```math
+\frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}
+```
+
+!!! note "Long equations in admonitions"
+
+    Inline: ``\frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}``
+
+    Display equation:
+
+    ```math
+    \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}
+    ```
+
+Long equations in footnotes.[^longeq]
+
+[^longeq]:
+
+    Inline: ``\frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}``
+
+    Display equation:
+
+    ```math
+    \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2} + \frac{1+2+3+4+5+6}{\sigma^2}
+    ```
+
+```@docs
+Mod.long_equations_in_docstrings
+```
diff --git a/test/examples/tests.jl b/test/examples/tests.jl
index c06543c467..e429bbc709 100644
--- a/test/examples/tests.jl
+++ b/test/examples/tests.jl
@@ -150,6 +150,6 @@ end
             end
         end
 
-        @test length(doc.internal.objects) == 41
+        @test length(doc.internal.objects) == 42
     end
 end