diff --git a/docs/requirements-insiders.txt b/docs/requirements-insiders.txt
index 354c982e0f..acca188f48 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-insiders.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-insiders.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ black==23.10.0
 mkdocs==1.5.0
 mkdocs-material @ git+ssh://git@github.com/astral-sh/mkdocs-material-insiders.git@38c0b8187325c3bab386b666daf3518ac036f2f4
 mkdocs-redirects==1.2.1
+mdformat==0.7.17
+mdformat-mkdocs==2.0.4
+mdformat-admon==2.0.2
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index b60a10740a..ea93e7d1ca 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ black==23.10.0
 mkdocs==1.5.0
 mkdocs-material==9.1.18
 mkdocs-redirects==1.2.1
+mdformat==0.7.17
+mdformat-mkdocs==2.0.4
+mdformat-admon==2.0.2
diff --git a/scripts/_mdformat_utils.py b/scripts/_mdformat_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8827551cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/_mdformat_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import mdformat
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import argparse
+
+    from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
+    from mdformat.renderer import RenderContext, RenderTreeNode
+
+
+class NoEscapeTextPlugin:
+    r"""Overrides the default text formatting behavior of mdformat.
+
+    By default mdformat will escape any markdown special character found in a
+    text block, e.g., <. Some of these characters are found in our
+    documentation, and when escaped (i.e. \<) will be rendered incorrectly by
+    mkdocs, i.e., the backslash will appear in the render. Because our only
+    purpose in using mdformat is to manage the line-breaks, it makes sense to
+    override its text formatting behavior.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self: NoEscapeTextPlugin) -> None:
+        self.POSTPROCESSORS = {"text": NoEscapeTextPlugin.text}
+        self.RENDERERS = {}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def add_cli_options(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def update_mdit(mdit: MarkdownIt) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def text(_text: str, node: RenderTreeNode, _context: RenderContext) -> str:
+        return node.content
+
+
+def add_no_escape_text_plugin() -> None:
+    """Add NoEscapeTextPlugin to the list of mdformat extensions."""
+    mdformat.plugins.PARSER_EXTENSIONS["no-escape-text"] = NoEscapeTextPlugin()
diff --git a/scripts/generate_mkdocs.py b/scripts/generate_mkdocs.py
index d83fc62e11..2b61daec3e 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_mkdocs.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_mkdocs.py
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import NamedTuple
 
+import mdformat
 import yaml
 
+from _mdformat_utils import add_no_escape_text_plugin
+
 
 class Section(NamedTuple):
     """A section to include in the MkDocs documentation."""
@@ -140,6 +143,11 @@ def main() -> None:
 
             f.write(clean_file_content(file_content, title))
 
+    # Format rules docs
+    add_no_escape_text_plugin()
+    for rule_doc in Path("docs/rules").glob("*.md"):
+        mdformat.file(rule_doc, extensions=["mkdocs", "admonition", "no-escape-text"])
+
     with Path("mkdocs.template.yml").open(encoding="utf8") as fp:
         config = yaml.safe_load(fp)