diff --git a/dependencies/tox-docs.in b/dependencies/tox-docs.in
index 930c3714f4..a05afe7ee3 100644
--- a/dependencies/tox-docs.in
+++ b/dependencies/tox-docs.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ jaraco.packaging >= 9  # first version to load meta through PEP 517 interface
 sphinx-tabs >= 1.1.0
 
 furo
+myst-parser[linkify]  # Markdown documents support w/ in-text link detector
 sphinx-issues  # Sphinx roles providing support for linking GitHub
 sphinxcontrib-apidoc >= 0.3.0
 sphinxcontrib-towncrier
diff --git a/docs/changelog-fragments.d/835.contrib.rst b/docs/changelog-fragments.d/835.contrib.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f24b1503a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog-fragments.d/835.contrib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Added :pypi:`myst-parser` to enable Markdown support in Sphinx documentation,
+and linked the Code of Conduct in the docs sidebar
+-- by :user:`julianz-`.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a8c4ecebed..1d526cae44 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
     # Third-party extensions:
     'jaraco.packaging.sphinx',
+    'myst_parser',  # extended markdown; https://pypi.org/p/myst-parser
     'sphinx_issues',  # implements `:issue:`, `:pr:` and other GH-related roles
     'sphinx_tabs.tabs',
     'sphinxcontrib.apidoc',
diff --git a/docs/contributing/code_of_conduct.md b/docs/contributing/code_of_conduct.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36beb23ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/contributing/code_of_conduct.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+```{include} ../../.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+```
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 849181f30c..a2ae5a7ef9 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Welcome to Cheroot documentation!
    :hidden:
 
    contributing/guidelines
+   contributing/code_of_conduct
 
 .. toctree::
    :caption: Maintenance
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 06b204518e..46561420c9 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ refactoring
 refactorings
 Sep
 sep
+sexualized
 signalling
 Sigstore
 Solaris