diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2ce0869ed1..28444f6a29 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ checksum = "c6fa2087f2753a7da8cc1c0dbfcf89579dd57458e36769de5ac750b4671737ca"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -505,6 +505,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "coolor"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37e93977247fb916abeee1ff8c6594c9b421fd9c26c9b720a3944acb2a7de27b"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossterm",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -565,6 +574,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.10.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crokey"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b48209802ec5862bb034cb16719eec24d1c759e62921be7d3c899d0d85f3344b"
+dependencies = [
+ "crokey-proc_macros",
+ "crossterm",
+ "once_cell",
+ "serde",
+ "strict",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crokey-proc_macros"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "397d3c009d8df93c4b063ddaa44a81ee7098feb056f99b00896c36e2cee9a9f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossterm",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strict",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -882,7 +917,7 @@ checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1239,7 +1274,7 @@ checksum = "999ce923619f88194171a67fb3e6d613653b8d4d6078b529b15a765da0edcc17"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1707,6 +1742,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "insta",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
  "jj-cli",
+ "jj-docs",
  "jj-lib",
  "libc",
  "maplit",
@@ -1723,6 +1759,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
  "strsim",
  "tempfile",
+ "termimad",
  "test-case",
  "testutils",
  "textwrap",
@@ -1804,7 +1841,7 @@ version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1835,6 +1872,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy-regex"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d12be4595afdf58bd19e4a9f4e24187da2a66700786ff660a418e9059937a4c"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy-regex-proc_macros",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy-regex-proc_macros"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44bcd58e6c97a7fcbaffcdc95728b393b8d98933bfadad49ed4097845b57ef0b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1965,6 +2025,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minimad"
+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9c5d708226d186590a7b6d4a9780e2bdda5f689e0d58cd17012a298efd745d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -2203,7 +2272,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2335,7 +2404,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a41cf62165e97c7f814d2221421dbb9afcbcdb0a88068e5ea206e19951c2cbb5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2380,7 +2449,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
  "regex",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
@@ -2394,7 +2463,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.12.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2522,7 +2591,7 @@ checksum = "bcc303e793d3734489387d205e9b186fac9c6cfacedd98cbb2e8a5943595f3e6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2616,7 +2685,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rust-embed-utils",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -2733,7 +2802,7 @@ checksum = "500cbc0ebeb6f46627f50f3f5811ccf6bf00643be300b4c3eabc0ef55dc5b5ba"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2856,7 +2925,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2ff9eaf853dec4c8802325d8b6d3dffa86cc707fd7a1a4cdbf416e13b061787a"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2865,6 +2934,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strict"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f42444fea5b87a39db4218d9422087e66a85d0e7a0963a439b07bcdf91804006"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -2890,7 +2965,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2899,6 +2974,17 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "81cdd64d312baedb58e21336b31bc043b77e01cc99033ce76ef539f78e965ebc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.66"
@@ -2922,6 +3008,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termimad"
+version = "0.29.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aab6c8572830b10362f27e242c7c5e749f062ec310b76a0d0b56670eca81f28e"
+dependencies = [
+ "coolor",
+ "crokey",
+ "crossbeam",
+ "lazy-regex",
+ "minimad",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "terminal_size"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -2956,7 +3058,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2967,7 +3069,7 @@ checksum = "5c89e72a01ed4c579669add59014b9a524d609c0c88c6a585ce37485879f6ffb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
  "test-case-core",
 ]
 
@@ -3013,7 +3115,7 @@ checksum = "46c3384250002a6d5af4d114f2845d37b57521033f30d5c3f46c4d70e1197533"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3117,7 +3219,7 @@ checksum = "5f5ae998a069d4b5aba8ee9dad856af7d520c3699e6159b185c2acd48155d39a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3186,7 +3288,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3402,7 +3504,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -3424,7 +3526,7 @@ checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -3697,7 +3799,7 @@ checksum = "9ce1b18ccd8e73a9321186f97e46f9f04b778851177567b1975109d26a08d2a6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3eda96c69c..e132200854 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ smallvec = { version = "1.13.2", features = [
 strsim = "0.11.1"
 syn = "2.0.66"
 tempfile = "3.10.1"
+termimad = "0.29.1"
 test-case = "3.3.1"
 textwrap = "0.16.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index fd1085b8b9..da39f29ae6 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ hex = { workspace = true }
 indexmap = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 jj-lib = { workspace = true }
+jj-docs = { workspace = true }
 maplit = { workspace = true }
 minus = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ serde = { workspace = true }
 slab = { workspace = true }
 strsim = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
+termimad = { workspace = true }
 textwrap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 timeago = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/docs.rs b/cli/src/commands/docs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25483c6b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/docs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Jujutsu Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use jj_docs::DocAssets;
+
+use crate::cli_util::CommandHelper;
+use crate::command_error::{user_error, CommandError};
+use crate::ui::Ui;
+
+#[derive(clap::Args, Clone, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct DocsArgs {
+    /// The command to show documentation for
+    command: Option<String>,
+}
+
+pub fn cmd_docs(
+    ui: &mut Ui,
+    _command: &CommandHelper,
+    args: &DocsArgs,
+) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
+    // just print all the documents in the static map, and the size of the contents
+
+    let cmd = args.command.clone();
+    match cmd {
+        None => {
+            for name in DocAssets::iter() {
+                // XXX FIXME (aseipp): show a real document index
+                let content = DocAssets::get(&name).unwrap();
+                writeln!(ui.stdout(), "{}: {} bytes", name, content.len())?;
+            }
+        }
+        Some(command) => {
+            // print the document for the command, if it exists
+            if let Some(name) = DocAssets::iter().find(|name| name == &command) {
+                let skin = termimad::MadSkin::default();
+                let content = DocAssets::get(&name).unwrap();
+                writeln!(
+                    ui.stdout(),
+                    "{}",
+                    skin.term_text(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&content))
+                )?;
+                return Ok(());
+            } else {
+                return Err(user_error(format!(
+                    "No documentation found for item: {}",
+                    command
+                )));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/mod.rs b/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
index 188147ad59..83cfe51e56 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ mod debug;
 mod describe;
 mod diff;
 mod diffedit;
+mod docs;
 mod duplicate;
 mod edit;
 mod files;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ enum Command {
     Describe(describe::DescribeArgs),
     Diff(diff::DiffArgs),
     Diffedit(diffedit::DiffeditArgs),
+    Docs(docs::DocsArgs),
     Duplicate(duplicate::DuplicateArgs),
     Edit(edit::EditArgs),
     Files(files::FilesArgs),
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ pub fn run_command(ui: &mut Ui, command_helper: &CommandHelper) -> Result<(), Co
         Command::Files(sub_args) => files::cmd_files(ui, command_helper, sub_args),
         Command::Cat(sub_args) => cat::cmd_cat(ui, command_helper, sub_args),
         Command::Diff(sub_args) => diff::cmd_diff(ui, command_helper, sub_args),
+        Command::Docs(sub_args) => docs::cmd_docs(ui, command_helper, sub_args),
         Command::Show(sub_args) => show::cmd_show(ui, command_helper, sub_args),
         Command::Status(sub_args) => status::cmd_status(ui, command_helper, sub_args),
         Command::Log(sub_args) => log::cmd_log(ui, command_helper, sub_args),
diff --git a/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap b/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
index 8b074b21e1..869870e404 100644
--- a/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
+++ b/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This document contains the help content for the `jj` command-line program.
 * [`jj describe`↴](#jj-describe)
 * [`jj diff`↴](#jj-diff)
 * [`jj diffedit`↴](#jj-diffedit)
+* [`jj docs`↴](#jj-docs)
 * [`jj duplicate`↴](#jj-duplicate)
 * [`jj edit`↴](#jj-edit)
 * [`jj files`↴](#jj-files)
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ To get started, see the tutorial at https://github.com/martinvonz/jj/blob/main/d
 * `describe` — Update the change description or other metadata
 * `diff` — Compare file contents between two revisions
 * `diffedit` — Touch up the content changes in a revision with a diff editor
+* `docs` — 
 * `duplicate` — Create a new change with the same content as an existing one
 * `edit` — Sets the specified revision as the working-copy revision
 * `files` — List files in a revision
@@ -701,6 +703,16 @@ See `jj restore` if you want to move entire files from one revision to another.
 
 
 
+## `jj docs`
+
+**Usage:** `jj docs [COMMAND]`
+
+###### **Arguments:**
+
+* `<COMMAND>` — The command to show documentation for
+
+
+
 ## `jj duplicate`
 
 Create a new change with the same content as an existing one