diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index 18124b0b..3883f874 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -1768,10 +1768,13 @@ def _render_platform_systems(
             sha256 = str(cfg_entry.get("sha256") or "")
             if sha1 or md5 or crc32 or sha256:
                 hash_parts = []
+                # One code span per value: Recalbox lists accepted md5s joined
+                # by commas, and the search indexed the joined run as a single
+                # word, so the second and later values were never found.
                 if sha1:
-                    hash_parts.append(f"SHA1: `{sha1}`")
+                    hash_parts.append(f"SHA1: {_hash_spans(sha1)}")
                 if md5:
-                    hash_parts.append(f"MD5: `{md5}`")
+                    hash_parts.append(f"MD5: {_hash_spans(md5)}")
                 if crc32:
                     hash_parts.append(f"CRC32: `{crc32}`")
                 if sha256:
diff --git a/tests/test_site_exports.py b/tests/test_site_exports.py
index 0213d3e8..f143138e 100644
--- a/tests/test_site_exports.py
+++ b/tests/test_site_exports.py
@@ -756,5 +756,18 @@ class ACitationSaysWhoseCodeItIs(unittest.TestCase):
                          "`emu/memory.c:46` (upstream emulator)")
 
 
+class EveryAcceptedHashIsItsOwnWord(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Recalbox md5 lists rendered as one comma-joined code span: the site
+    search made one token of it and found none but the first."""
+
+    def test_a_list_is_split(self):
+        from generate_site import _hash_spans
+
+        md5s = ["96cf" + "0" * 28, "d5af" + "0" * 28]
+        text = _hash_spans(",".join(md5s))
+        for md5 in md5s:
+            self.assertIn(f"`{md5}`</span>", text)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()