diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5b2b9b05..283cdb84 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2714,6 +2714,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76979bea66e7875e7509c4ec5300112b316af87fa7a252ca91c448b32dfe3993"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "memchr",
+ "pulldown-cmark-escape",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark-escape"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd348ff538bc9caeda7ee8cad2d1d48236a1f443c1fa3913c6a02fe0043b1dd3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-error"
 version = "1.2.3"
@@ -2980,6 +2998,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js_int",
  "js_option",
  "percent-encoding",
+ "pulldown-cmark",
  "regex",
  "ruma-common",
  "ruma-identifiers-validation",
@@ -4279,6 +4298,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7d2d4dafb69621809a81864c9c1b864479e1235c0dd4e199924b9742439ed89"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.15"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 217e2434..1fd8bdbc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ features = [
     "appservice-api-c",
     "client-api",
     "federation-api",
+    "markdown",
     "push-gateway-api-c",
     "state-res",
     "unstable-exhaustive-types",
diff --git a/src/admin/debug/debug_commands.rs b/src/admin/debug/debug_commands.rs
index 287c78dd..0316abc2 100644
--- a/src/admin/debug/debug_commands.rs
+++ b/src/admin/debug/debug_commands.rs
@@ -648,16 +648,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn resolve_true_destination(
 
 	let state = &services().server.log.capture;
 	let logs = Arc::new(Mutex::new(String::new()));
-	let capture = Capture::new(state, Some(filter), capture::to_html(&logs));
+	let capture = Capture::new(state, Some(filter), capture::fmt_markdown(logs.clone()));
 	let (actual_dest, hostname_uri);
 	{
 		let _capture_scope = capture.start();
 		(actual_dest, hostname_uri) = resolve_actual_dest(&server_name, !no_cache).await?;
 	};
 
-	let plain = format!("Actual destination: {actual_dest} | Hostname URI: {hostname_uri}");
-	let html = format!("{}<br>{plain}", logs.lock().expect("locked"));
-	Ok(RoomMessageEventContent::text_html(plain, html))
+	let msg = format!(
+		"{}\nDestination: {actual_dest}\nHostname URI: {hostname_uri}",
+		logs.lock().expect("locked")
+	);
+	Ok(RoomMessageEventContent::text_markdown(msg))
 }
 
 #[must_use]
diff --git a/src/core/log/capture/mod.rs b/src/core/log/capture/mod.rs
index f0495ad9..c0fcd31e 100644
--- a/src/core/log/capture/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/log/capture/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub use data::Data;
 use guard::Guard;
 pub use layer::{Layer, Value};
 pub use state::State;
-pub use util::to_html;
+pub use util::*;
 
 pub type Filter = dyn Fn(Data<'_>) -> bool + Send + Sync + 'static;
 pub type Closure = dyn FnMut(Data<'_>) + Send + Sync + 'static;
diff --git a/src/core/log/capture/util.rs b/src/core/log/capture/util.rs
index 54a19b6a..8bad4ba0 100644
--- a/src/core/log/capture/util.rs
+++ b/src/core/log/capture/util.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,37 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
-use super::{super::fmt, Closure};
+use super::{
+	super::{fmt, Level},
+	Closure, Data,
+};
+use crate::Result;
 
-pub fn to_html<S>(out: &Arc<Mutex<S>>) -> Box<Closure>
+pub fn fmt_html<S>(out: Arc<Mutex<S>>) -> Box<Closure>
 where
 	S: std::fmt::Write + Send + 'static,
 {
-	let out = out.clone();
-	Box::new(move |data| {
-		fmt::html(
-			&mut *out.lock().expect("locked"),
-			&data.level(),
-			data.span_name(),
-			data.message(),
-		)
-		.expect("log line appended");
-	})
+	fmt(fmt::html, out)
+}
+
+pub fn fmt_markdown<S>(out: Arc<Mutex<S>>) -> Box<Closure>
+where
+	S: std::fmt::Write + Send + 'static,
+{
+	fmt(fmt::markdown, out)
+}
+
+pub fn fmt<F, S>(fun: F, out: Arc<Mutex<S>>) -> Box<Closure>
+where
+	F: Fn(&mut S, &Level, &str, &str) -> Result<()> + Send + Sync + Copy + 'static,
+	S: std::fmt::Write + Send + 'static,
+{
+	Box::new(move |data| call(fun, &mut *out.lock().expect("locked"), &data))
+}
+
+fn call<F, S>(fun: F, out: &mut S, data: &Data<'_>)
+where
+	F: Fn(&mut S, &Level, &str, &str) -> Result<()>,
+	S: std::fmt::Write,
+{
+	fun(out, &data.level(), data.span_name(), data.message()).expect("log line appended");
 }
diff --git a/src/core/log/fmt.rs b/src/core/log/fmt.rs
index a2e3a6f7..dbaef890 100644
--- a/src/core/log/fmt.rs
+++ b/src/core/log/fmt.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,32 @@ where
 
 	Ok(())
 }
+
+pub fn markdown<S>(out: &mut S, level: &Level, span: &str, msg: &str) -> Result<()>
+where
+	S: Write,
+{
+	let level = level.as_str().to_uppercase();
+	writeln!(out, "`{level:>5}` `{span:^12}` `{msg}`")?;
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn markdown_table<S>(out: &mut S, level: &Level, span: &str, msg: &str) -> Result<()>
+where
+	S: Write,
+{
+	let level = level.as_str().to_uppercase();
+	writeln!(out, "| `{level:>5}` | `{span:^12}` | `{msg} |")?;
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn markdown_table_head<S>(out: &mut S) -> Result<()>
+where
+	S: Write,
+{
+	write!(out, "| level | span | message |\n|------:|:----:|:--------|\n")?;
+
+	Ok(())
+}