diff --git a/src/pages/EditMaintenance.vue b/src/pages/EditMaintenance.vue
index d668d1ad..da7dee5a 100644
--- a/src/pages/EditMaintenance.vue
+++ b/src/pages/EditMaintenance.vue
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
                                 <textarea
                                     id="description" v-model="maintenance.description" class="form-control"
                                 ></textarea>
+                                <div class="form-text">
+                                    {{ $t("markdownSupported") }}
+                                </div>
                             </div>
 
                             <!-- Affected Monitors -->
diff --git a/src/pages/StatusPage.vue b/src/pages/StatusPage.vue
index ab7ed69b..3b89ed83 100644
--- a/src/pages/StatusPage.vue
+++ b/src/pages/StatusPage.vue
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@
                     class="shadow-box alert mb-4 p-3 bg-maintenance mt-4 position-relative" role="alert"
                 >
                     <h4 class="alert-heading">{{ maintenance.title }}</h4>
-                    <div class="content">{{ maintenance.description }}</div>
+                    <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html-->
+                    <div class="content" v-html="maintenanceHTML(maintenance.description)"></div>
                     <MaintenanceTime :maintenance="maintenance" />
                 </div>
             </template>
@@ -855,6 +856,15 @@ export default {
             this.config.domainNameList.splice(index, 1);
         },
 
+        /**
+         * Generate sanitized HTML from maintenance description
+         * @param {string} description
+         * @returns {string} Sanitized HTML
+         */
+        maintenanceHTML(description) {
+            return DOMPurify.sanitize(marked(description));
+        },
+
     }
 };
 </script>