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+* [Introduction](#introduction)
+* [General requirements](#general-requirements)
+* [Code blocks](#code-blocks)
+
+# Introduction
+
+This document outlines the requirements for all documentation in the [Kata
+Containers](https://github.com/kata-containers) project.
+
+# General requirements
+
+- All documents are expected to be written in [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://github.github.com/gfm) format.
+- All documents should have the `.md` file extension.
+
+# Code blocks
+
+This section lists requirements for displaying commands and command output.
+
+The requirements must be adhered to since documentation containing code blocks
+is validated by the CI system, which executes the command blocks with the help
+of the
+[doc-to-script](https://github.com/kata-containers/tests/tree/master/.ci/kata-doc-to-script.sh)
+utility.
+
+- If a document includes commands the user should run, they **MUST** be shown
+  in a *bash code block* with every command line prefixed with `$ ` to denote
+  a prompt:
+
+  ```
+
+      ```bash
+      $ echo "Hi - I am some bash code"
+      $ sudo docker run -ti busybox true
+      $ [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "success!"
+      ```
+
+  ```
+
+- If a command needs to be run as the `root` user, it must be run using
+  `sudo(8)`.
+  ```bash
+
+  $ sudo echo "I'm running as root"
+  ```
+
+- All lines beginning `# ` should be comment lines, *NOT* commands to run as
+  the `root` user.
+
+- In the unusual case that you need to display command *output*, use an
+  unadorned code block (\`\`\`):
+
+  ```
+
+      The output of the `ls(1)` command is expected to be:
+
+      ```
+      ls: cannot access '/foo': No such file or directory
+      ```
+
+  ```