diff --git a/0.21.0-release-notes.md b/0.21.0-release-notes.md
index 7b434319..70d234b4 100644
--- a/0.21.0-release-notes.md
+++ b/0.21.0-release-notes.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 -   The `os` module has gained the following new commands: `mkdir-all`,
     `symlink` and `rename`.
 
+-   A new `md` module, currently containing a single function `md:show` for
+    rendering Markdown in the terminal.
+
 # Notable bugfixes
 
 -   The string comparison commands `<s`, `<=s`, `==s`, `>s` and `>=s` (but not
diff --git a/pkg/mods/doc/doc.d.elv b/pkg/mods/doc/doc.d.elv
index 8f3f53be..eedc01b4 100644
--- a/pkg/mods/doc/doc.d.elv
+++ b/pkg/mods/doc/doc.d.elv
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@
 # the explicit `builtin:` namespace (like `builtin:put`).
 #
 # The `&width` option specifies the width to wrap the output to. If it is 0 (the
-# default) or negative, `show` queries the width of the terminal and use it as
-# the width, falling back to 80 if the query fails.
+# default) or negative, `show` queries the terminal width of the standard output
+# and use it as the width, falling back to 80 if the query fails (for example
+# when the standard output is not a terminal).
+#
+# This command is roughly equivalent to `md:show &width=$width (doc:show
+# $symbol)`, but has some extra processing of relative links to point them to
+# the Elvish website.
 #
 # Examples:
 #
@@ -24,6 +29,8 @@
 # ~> doc:show doc:show
 # [ omitted ]
 # ```
+#
+# See also [`md:show`]().
 fn show {|symbol &width=0| }
 
 # Finds symbols whose documentation contains all strings in `$queries`.
diff --git a/pkg/mods/md/md.d.elv b/pkg/mods/md/md.d.elv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81e3a635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/mods/md/md.d.elv
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Renders `$markdown` in the terminal.
+#
+# The `&width` option specifies the width to wrap the output to. If it is 0 (the
+# default) or negative, `show` queries the terminal width of the standard output
+# and use it as the width, falling back to 80 if the query fails (for example
+# when the standard output is not a terminal).
+#
+# Examples:
+#
+# ```elvish-transcript
+# ~> md:show "#h1 heading\n- List\n- Item"
+# #h1 heading
+#
+# • List
+#
+# • Item
+# ```
+#
+# See also [`doc:show`]().
+fn show {|&width=0| markdown}
diff --git a/pkg/mods/md/md.go b/pkg/mods/md/md.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f325dc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/mods/md/md.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Package md exposes functionality from src.elv.sh/pkg/md.
+package md
+
+import (
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/elvdoc"
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval"
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/md"
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/sys"
+)
+
+// Ns is the namespace for the md: module.
+var Ns = eval.BuildNsNamed("md").
+	AddGoFns(map[string]any{
+		"show": show,
+	}).Ns()
+
+type showOpts struct {
+	Width int
+}
+
+func (*showOpts) SetDefaultOptions() {}
+
+func show(fm *eval.Frame, opts showOpts, markdown string) error {
+	width := opts.Width
+	if width <= 0 {
+		_, width = sys.WinSize(fm.Port(1).File)
+		if width <= 0 {
+			width = 80
+		}
+	}
+	codec := &md.TTYCodec{
+		Width:              width,
+		HighlightCodeBlock: elvdoc.HighlightCodeBlock,
+	}
+	_, err := fm.ByteOutput().WriteString(md.RenderString(markdown, codec))
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/mods/md/md_test.elvts b/pkg/mods/md/md_test.elvts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d010aaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/mods/md/md_test.elvts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//each:eval use md
+
+///////////
+# md:show #
+///////////
+
+// Transcript tests are not run with a real terminal connected to the output, so
+// the width will fall back to 80.
+~> md:show 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.'
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor
+incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
+~> md:show "#h1 heading\n- List\n- Item"
+#h1 heading
+
+• List
+
+• Item
+
+## explicit &width ##
+~> md:show &width=40 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.'
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
+adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor
+incididunt ut labore et dolore magna
+aliqua.
diff --git a/pkg/mods/md/md_test.go b/pkg/mods/md/md_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b377089f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/mods/md/md_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package md_test
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"testing"
+
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval/evaltest"
+)
+
+//go:embed *.elvts
+var transcripts embed.FS
+
+func TestTranscripts(t *testing.T) {
+	evaltest.TestTranscriptsInFS(t, transcripts)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/mods/mods.go b/pkg/mods/mods.go
index 2a4399a7..5dee7b5d 100644
--- a/pkg/mods/mods.go
+++ b/pkg/mods/mods.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/mods/file"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/mods/flag"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/mods/math"
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/mods/md"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/mods/os"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/mods/path"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/mods/platform"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ func AddTo(ev *eval.Evaler) {
 	ev.AddModule("flag", flag.Ns)
 	ev.AddModule("doc", doc.Ns)
 	ev.AddModule("os", os.Ns)
+	ev.AddModule("md", md.Ns)
 	if unix.ExposeUnixNs {
 		ev.AddModule("unix", unix.Ns)
 	}
diff --git a/website/ref/index.toml b/website/ref/index.toml
index bf8e45d1..6e9e6cb7 100644
--- a/website/ref/index.toml
+++ b/website/ref/index.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ title = "file: File Utilities"
 name = "math"
 title = "math: Math Utilities"
 
+[[articles]]
+name = "md"
+title = "md: Markdown Utilities"
+
 [[articles]]
 name = "os"
 title = "os: Operating system functionality"
diff --git a/website/ref/md.md b/website/ref/md.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59e438cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/ref/md.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!-- toc -->
+
+@module md
+
+# Introduction
+
+The `md:` module provides utilities for working with Markdown text.
+
+Function usages are given in the same format as in the reference doc for the
+[builtin module](builtin.html).
+
+This module uses a custom implementation that supports
+[a large subset](https://pkg.go.dev/src.elv.sh/pkg/md#hdr-Which_Markdown_variant_does_this_package_implement_)
+of CommonMark.