diff --git a/.markdownlint.json b/.markdownlint.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..168db6b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.markdownlint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 592bbd0ea..6c68f5171 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6531,6 +6531,15 @@
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+        "markdownlint": "~0.21.1",
+        "markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default": "~0.0.1",
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+        "micromatch": "~4.0.2",
+        "strip-json-comments": "~3.1.1",
+        "yaml": "~1.10.0"
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.0.1.tgz",
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+          "requires": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-number/-/is-number-7.0.0.tgz",
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+        "micromatch": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/micromatch/-/micromatch-4.0.2.tgz",
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+            "picomatch": "^2.0.5"
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+        "to-regex-range": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/to-regex-range/-/to-regex-range-5.0.1.tgz",
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+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "is-number": "^7.0.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default": {
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default/-/markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default-0.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JvWhlus5zR4cFywXB2RSPVX73YD9177xm9WkV/8CRPDS1MM/Fh6Ds0WnY67ZaiITavZ0H+Fgz1aVhUwrPNa7ug==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "markdownlint-rule-helpers": {
+      "version": "0.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdownlint-rule-helpers/-/markdownlint-rule-helpers-0.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Q7qfAk+AJvx82ZY52OByC4yjoQYryOZt6D8TKrZJIwCfhZvcj8vCQNuwDqILushtDBTvGFmUPq+uhOb1KIMi6A==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "mathml-tag-names": {
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@@ -6942,6 +7053,12 @@
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     },
+    "mdurl": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mdurl/-/mdurl-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-/oWy7HWlkDfyrf7BAP1sYBdhFS4=",
+      "dev": true
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+    "uc.micro": {
+      "version": "1.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uc.micro/-/uc.micro-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8Y75pvTYkLJW2hWQHXxoqRgV7qb9B+9vFEtidML+7koHUFapnVJAZ6cKs+Qjz5Aw3aZWHMC6u0wJE3At+nSGwA==",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70500aac0..96c14db8d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@
     "docs-build": "hugo --cleanDestinationDir",
     "docs-compile": "npm run docs-build",
     "docs-linkinator": "linkinator _gh_pages --recurse --silent --skip \"^(?!http://localhost)\"",
+    "docs-markdownlint": "markdownlint-cli2 \"**/*.md\" \"!**/node_modules/**\"",
     "docs-vnu": "node build/vnu-jar.js",
-    "docs-lint": "npm-run-all --parallel docs-vnu docs-linkinator",
+    "docs-lint": "npm-run-all --parallel docs-markdownlint docs-vnu docs-linkinator",
     "docs-serve": "hugo server --port 9001 --disableFastRender",
     "docs-serve-only": "npx sirv-cli _gh_pages --port 9001",
     "lockfile-lint": "lockfile-lint --allowed-hosts npm --allowed-schemes https: --empty-hostname false --type npm --path package-lock.json",
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@
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     "linkinator": "^2.2.2",
     "lockfile-lint": "^4.3.7",
+    "markdownlint-cli2": "0.0.11",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.6",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "popper.js": "^1.16.1",