diff --git a/content/about/contribute/writing-a-new-topic/index.md b/content/about/contribute/writing-a-new-topic/index.md
index 27d5bf4b79..7e92ac78ae 100644
--- a/content/about/contribute/writing-a-new-topic/index.md
+++ b/content/about/contribute/writing-a-new-topic/index.md
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ The available front matter fields are:
 |`skip_toc`         | Set this to true to prevent the page from having a table of contents generated for it
 |`skip_seealso`     | Set this to true to prevent the page from having a "See also" section generated for it
 |`force_inline_toc` | Set this to true to force the generated table of contents to be inserted inline in the text instead of in a sidebar
+|`simple_list`      | Set this to true to force a generated section page to use a simple list layout rather that a gallery layout
 
 There are a few more front matter fields available specifically for blog posts:
 
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ There are a few more front matter fields available specifically for blog posts:
 |`publishdate`  | Date of the post's original publication
 |`last_update`  | Date when the post last received a major revision
 |`attribution`  | Optional name of the post's author
-|`twitter`      | Optional Twitter of the post's author
+|`twitter`      | Optional Twitter handle of the post's author
 
 ## Adding images
 
diff --git a/content/about/notes/_index.md b/content/about/notes/_index.md
index fd82b6725f..6cd0414916 100644
--- a/content/about/notes/_index.md
+++ b/content/about/notes/_index.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ aliases:
   - /docs/welcome/notes/index.html
   - /docs/references/notes
 icon: notes
+simple_list: true
 ---
 
 Check out our [release page](https://github.com/istio/istio/releases) to download Istio binaries.
diff --git a/content/search/_index.md b/content/search/_index.md
index aa96af8640..f94d796713 100644
--- a/content/search/_index.md
+++ b/content/search/_index.md
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 title: Search Results
 url: /search.html
 sidebar_none: true
-toc: false
+skip_toc: true
 ---
diff --git a/content_zh/search/_index.md b/content_zh/search/_index.md
index 71f6cd0286..8028cf3bcf 100644
--- a/content_zh/search/_index.md
+++ b/content_zh/search/_index.md
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 title: 搜索结果
 url: /zh/search.html
 sidebar_none: true
-toc: false
+skip_toc: true
 ---
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index c67e536494..4868b793a9 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -11,15 +11,26 @@
         {{ $pages := (where .Site.Pages "Section" .Section).ByWeight }}
         {{ $parent := .Page }}
 
-        {{ range $pages }}
-            {{ if eq .Parent $parent }}
-                <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-xl-4 entry">
-                    <h5>
-                        <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{- if .Params.icon -}}<i class="page_icon">
-                        {{- partial "icon.html" .Params.icon -}}</i>{{- end -}}{{- .Title -}}</a>
-                    </h5>
-                    <p>{{ .Description }}</p>
-                </div>
+
+        {{ if $parent.Params.simple_list }}
+            <ul>
+                {{ range $pages }}
+                    {{ if eq .Parent $parent }}
+                        <li><a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{- .Title -}}</a></li>
+                    {{ end }}
+                {{ end }}
+            </ul>
+        {{ else }}
+            {{ range $pages }}
+                {{ if eq .Parent $parent }}
+                    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-xl-4 entry">
+                        <h5>
+                            <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{- if .Params.icon -}}<i class="page_icon">
+                            {{- partial "icon.html" .Params.icon -}}</i>{{- end -}}{{- .Title -}}</a>
+                        </h5>
+                        <p>{{ .Description }}</p>
+                    </div>
+                {{ end }}
             {{ end }}
         {{ end }}
     </div>