def METHOD_NAME(text):
    """
    >>> get_desc_from_manual_page_line("r.example - This is a description<br>")
    'This is a description'
    """
    # this matches the dash at the beginning
    text = text.split(" - ", 1)[1]
    # this matches a tag at the end
    # (supposing no tags in the description and < represented as &lt;
    text = text.split("<", 1)[0]
    return text