diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f640346b44..ed59887e2f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ checksum = "c980ee35e870bd1a4d2c8294d4c04d0499e67bca1e4b5cefcc693c2fa00caea9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -474,6 +474,15 @@ 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"
@@ -534,6 +543,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.10.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crokey"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11650f38fa0dc9fae9b4ac5243c4d32992351f82bb5452c5c1fd7e639057b732"
+dependencies = [
+ "crokey-proc_macros",
+ "crossterm",
+ "once_cell",
+ "serde",
+ "strict",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crokey-proc_macros"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3588f310d39d0c6f546aaca1e9df18d1dfb961a8bb4042a11b6c5a6b449c1894"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossterm",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strict",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -842,7 +877,7 @@ checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1195,7 +1230,7 @@ checksum = "d75e7ab728059f595f6ddc1ad8771b8d6a231971ae493d9d5948ecad366ee8bb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1657,6 +1692,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "insta",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
  "jj-cli",
+ "jj-docs",
  "jj-lib",
  "libc",
  "maplit",
@@ -1671,6 +1707,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "slab",
  "tempfile",
+ "termimad",
  "test-case",
  "testutils",
  "textwrap",
@@ -1681,6 +1718,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-chrome",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "unicode-width",
+ "zstd 0.12.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1751,7 +1789,7 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1782,6 +1820,29 @@ 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 2.0.50",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1903,6 +1964,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minimad"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6c4610f430e49b882fcaad0186134150d4d74fc76080b0a61f7000460c2e268"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -2135,7 +2205,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2267,7 +2337,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ae005bd773ab59b4725093fd7df83fd7892f7d8eafb48dbd7de6e024e4215f9d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2312,7 +2382,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
  "regex",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
  "tempfile",
  "which",
 ]
@@ -2327,7 +2397,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2452,7 +2522,7 @@ checksum = "5fddb4f8d99b0a2ebafc65a87a69a7b9875e4b1ae1f00db265d300ef7f28bccc"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2628,7 +2698,7 @@ checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2751,10 +2821,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "035f92f238fee948f8d6aa7fbf4f49641fd0ab23ab7dcdf283caa8ed8305732b"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
  "zstd 0.13.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strict"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f42444fea5b87a39db4218d9422087e66a85d0e7a0963a439b07bcdf91804006"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -2780,7 +2856,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2789,6 +2865,17 @@ 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 = "2.0.50"
@@ -2812,6 +2899,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termimad"
+version = "0.29.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad4f1d007842e9364e116ea7a0355b4e35cbe40713feaab6d6cfaa38015a517c"
+dependencies = [
+ "coolor",
+ "crokey",
+ "crossbeam",
+ "lazy-regex",
+ "minimad",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "terminal_size"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -2846,7 +2949,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2857,7 +2960,7 @@ checksum = "5c89e72a01ed4c579669add59014b9a524d609c0c88c6a585ce37485879f6ffb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
  "test-case-core",
 ]
 
@@ -2903,7 +3006,7 @@ checksum = "a953cb265bef375dae3de6663da4d3804eee9682ea80d8e2542529b73c531c81"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3005,7 +3108,7 @@ checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3074,7 +3177,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3274,7 +3377,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -3296,7 +3399,7 @@ checksum = "bae1abb6806dc1ad9e560ed242107c0f6c84335f1749dd4e8ddb012ebd5e25a7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.50",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 60d75795aa..e1c92744d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ staticfilemap = "0.7.0"
 strsim = "0.11.0"
 syn = "2.0.50"
 tempfile = "3.10.0"
+termimad = "0.29.1"
 test-case = "3.3.1"
 textwrap = "0.16.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.57"
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index cb0e83e455..da466ab604 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ 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 }
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ scm-record = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 slab = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
+termimad = { workspace = true }
 textwrap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 timeago = { workspace = true }
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-chrome = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
+zstd = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/docs.rs b/cli/src/commands/docs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87cdc6a62c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/docs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// 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::get_docs_iter;
+use zstd::decode_all;
+
+use crate::cli_util::{user_error, CommandError, CommandHelper};
+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, contents) in get_docs_iter() {
+                // XXX FIXME (aseipp): show a real document index
+                writeln!(ui.stdout(), "{}: {} bytes", name, contents.len())?;
+            }
+        }
+        Some(command) => {
+            // print the document for the command, if it exists
+            if let Some(contents) = get_docs_iter().find(|(name, _)| name == &command) {
+                let skin = termimad::MadSkin::default();
+                let contents = decode_all(contents.1).unwrap();
+                writeln!(
+                    ui.stdout(),
+                    "{}",
+                    skin.term_text(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&contents))
+                )?;
+                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 6acca1c5c8..3c2d5da15a 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;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ enum Command {
     Describe(describe::DescribeArgs),
     Diff(diff::DiffArgs),
     Diffedit(diffedit::DiffeditArgs),
+    Docs(docs::DocsArgs),
     Duplicate(duplicate::DuplicateArgs),
     Edit(edit::EditArgs),
     Files(files::FilesArgs),
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ 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 ef8c9699f1..56a70e4076 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)
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ 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` — Edit a commit in the working copy
 * `files` — List files in a revision
@@ -674,6 +676,16 @@ 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