diff --git a/src/components/item/item.ios.scss b/src/components/item/item.ios.scss
index e623c02cf8..1393163309 100644
--- a/src/components/item/item.ios.scss
+++ b/src/components/item/item.ios.scss
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ $item-ios-sliding-content-background:     $list-ios-background-color !default;
   }
 
   p {
+    overflow: inherit;
+
     margin: 0 0 2px;
 
     font-size: 1.2rem;
     line-height: normal;
+    text-overflow: inherit;
     color: $item-ios-paragraph-text-color;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/item/item.md.scss b/src/components/item/item.md.scss
index 1ad1724890..9cc69b64bd 100644
--- a/src/components/item/item.md.scss
+++ b/src/components/item/item.md.scss
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ $item-md-sliding-content-background: $list-md-background-color !default;
   }
 
   p {
+    overflow: inherit;
+
     margin: 0 0 2px;
 
     font-size: 1.4rem;
     line-height: normal;
+    text-overflow: inherit;
     color: $item-md-paragraph-text-color;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/item/item.wp.scss b/src/components/item/item.wp.scss
index 6dc61c0085..7ba0feea0b 100644
--- a/src/components/item/item.wp.scss
+++ b/src/components/item/item.wp.scss
@@ -66,10 +66,13 @@ $item-wp-sliding-content-background: $list-wp-background-color !default;
   }
 
   p {
+    overflow: inherit;
+
     margin: 0 0 2px;
 
     font-size: 1.4rem;
     line-height: normal;
+    text-overflow: inherit;
     color: $item-wp-paragraph-text-color;
   }
 }