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 guiding principle is simplicity: it has no formal access controls, no write
 access, no fancy Javascript, etc.
 
+Gitiles automatically renders `*.md` Markdown files into HTML for simplified
+documentation. Refer to the [Markdown documentation](/Documentation/markdown.md)
+for details.
+
 ## Contributing to Gitiles
 
 Please refer to the [Developer Guide](/Documentation/developer-guide.md).