diff --git a/docs/test.md b/docs/test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d108d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/// pydantic | octoprint.schema.config.AccessControlConfig
+    key: accessControl
+///
+
+%%% pydantic octoprint.schema.config.AccessControlConfig
+    key: accessControl
+
+
+```yaml
+test:
+  foo: bar
+  fnord: baz
+  wheee: 42
+```
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/pydantic.py b/extensions/markdown/pydantic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8125d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/markdown/pydantic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+from markdown.blockprocessors import BlockProcessor
+from markdown.extensions import Extension
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
+import re
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+from io import StringIO
+from typing import Optional, Type
+import sys
+
+
+class MyYAML(YAML):
+    def dump(self, data, stream=None, **kw):
+        inefficient = False
+        if stream is None:
+            inefficient = True
+            stream = StringIO()
+        YAML.dump(self, data, stream, **kw)
+        if inefficient:
+            return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def _load_clz(identifier: str) -> Optional[Type]:
+    import importlib
+
+    module_name, class_name = identifier.rsplit(".", 1)
+    try:
+        module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
+        importlib.reload(module)
+        clz = getattr(module, class_name)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(
+            f"Could not import {class_name} from {module_name}:",
+            exc,
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        raise
+    return clz
+
+
+def pydantic(identifier, key=None, subs=None):
+    from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+    _, class_name = identifier.rsplit(".", 1)
+    clz = _load_clz(identifier)
+    if not issubclass(clz, BaseModel):
+        raise ValueError(f"{class_name} is not a subclass of BaseModel")
+
+    return [
+        "### Defaults",
+        pydantic_example(identifier, key=key, clz=clz),
+        "### Data model",
+        pydantic_table(identifier, clz=clz, subs=subs),
+    ]
+
+
+def pydantic_table(identifier, clz=None, subs=None):
+    from pydantic import BaseModel
+    from pydantic.fields import UndefinedType, ModelField
+    from enum import Enum
+    import typing
+    import inspect
+    import re
+
+    def token_identifier(scanner, token):
+        return "IDENTIFIER", token
+
+    def token_lbracket(scanner, token):
+        return "LBRACKET", token
+
+    def token_rbracket(scanner, token):
+        return "RBRACKET", token
+
+    def token_comma(scanner, token):
+        return "COMMA", token
+
+    def token_whitespace(scanner, token):
+        return "WHITESPACE", token
+
+    scanner = re.Scanner(
+        [
+            (r"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]*", token_identifier),
+            (r"\[", token_lbracket),
+            (r"\]", token_rbracket),
+            (r",", token_comma),
+            (r"\s+", token_whitespace),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    if clz is None:
+        clz = _load_clz(identifier)
+
+    if subs is None:
+        subs = {}
+
+    def convert_name(name):
+        if name.startswith("typing."):
+            name = name[len("typing.") :]
+        elif name.startswith("typing_extensions."):
+            name = name[len("typing_extensions.") :]
+        elif name in subs:
+            name = subs[name]
+
+        return name
+
+    def convert_enum(enum_):
+        bases = [base for base in enum_.__bases__ if not issubclass(base, Enum)]
+        if bases:
+            return bases[0]
+        return enum_
+
+    def type_name(type_):
+        if inspect.isclass(type_) and hasattr(type_, "__name__"):
+            name = type_.__name__
+        else:
+            name = str(type_)
+
+        tokens = scanner.scan(name)[0]
+        processed = []
+        for token in tokens:
+            if token[0] == "IDENTIFIER":
+                processed.append(("IDENTIFIER", convert_name(token[1])))
+            else:
+                processed.append(token)
+
+        return "".join(token[1] for token in processed)
+
+    def type_doc(type_):
+        if inspect.isclass(type_) and issubclass(type_, Enum):
+            type_ = convert_enum(type_)
+        elif str(type_).startswith("typing.Literal") or str(type_).startswith(
+            "typing_extensions.Literal"
+        ):
+            args = getattr(type_, "__args__")
+            if args:
+                type_ = type(args[0])
+
+        name = type_name(type_)
+
+        return f"`{name}`"
+
+    def field_doc(name, field, t):
+        type_ = type_doc(t)
+
+        default = getattr(field.field_info, "default", None)
+        if isinstance(default, UndefinedType):
+            default = "*required*"
+        elif default is None:
+            default = "*unset*"
+        elif isinstance(default, Enum) and convert_enum(t) is not t:
+            default = f"`{default.value!r}`"
+        else:
+            default = f"`{default!r}`"
+
+        description = getattr(field.field_info, "description", None)
+        if not description:
+            description = ""
+
+        if inspect.isclass(t) and issubclass(t, Enum):
+            if convert_enum(t) is not t:
+                choices = [
+                    f"`{getattr(t, e).value}`"
+                    for e in dir(t)
+                    if not e.startswith("_") and hasattr(getattr(t, e), "value")
+                ]
+            else:
+                choices = [
+                    f"`{getattr(t, e)}`"
+                    for e in dir(t)
+                    if not e.startswith("_") and hasattr(getattr(t, e), "value")
+                ]
+
+            description += (
+                " " if description else ""
+            ) + f"Valid values: {', '.join(choices)}."
+        elif str(t).startswith("typing.Literal") or str(t).startswith(
+            "typing_extensions.Literal"
+        ):
+            choices = [f"`{c!r}`" for c in getattr(t, "__args__")]
+            description += (
+                " " if description else ""
+            ) + f"Valid values: {', '.join(choices)}."
+
+        return f"| `{name}` | {type_} | {description} | {default} |\n"
+
+    def model_doc(model, prefix=""):
+        result = ""
+        type_hints = typing.get_type_hints(model)
+
+        for name, field in model.__fields__.items():
+            if isinstance(field, ModelField):
+                alias = field.field_info.alias
+                if alias:
+                    name = alias
+
+            if inspect.isclass(field.type_) and issubclass(field.type_, BaseModel):
+                description = field.field_info.description
+                if not description:
+                    description = ""
+
+                type_hint = type_hints.get(name)
+                if inspect.isclass(type_hint) and issubclass(type_hint, BaseModel):
+                    result += f"| `{prefix}{name}.*` | | {description} | |\n"
+                    result += model_doc(field.type_, prefix=f"{prefix}{name}.")
+                elif str(type_hint).startswith("typing.List"):
+                    result += f"| `{prefix}{name}[]` | | {description} | |\n"
+                    result += model_doc(field.type_, prefix=f"{prefix}{name}[].")
+            else:
+                result += field_doc(prefix + name, field, type_hints.get(name))
+
+        return result
+
+    result = ""
+    result += "| Name | Type | Description | Default |\n"
+    result += "| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- |\n"
+    result += model_doc(clz)
+    return result
+
+
+def pydantic_example(identifier, key=None, clz=None, recursive=True):
+    from pydantic import BaseModel
+    import inspect
+
+    if clz is None:
+        clz = _load_clz(identifier)
+
+    yaml = MyYAML()
+    yaml.indent(mapping=2, sequence=4, offset=2)
+    yaml.preserve_quotes = True
+    yaml.default_flow_style = False
+
+    if inspect.isclass(clz) and issubclass(clz, BaseModel):
+        example = clz.construct().dict(by_alias=True)
+        if recursive:
+            if key:
+                example = {key: example}
+            dumped = yaml.dump(example)
+            return f"```yaml\n{dumped}\n```\n"
+        else:
+            result = "```yaml\n"
+
+            prefix = ""
+            if key:
+                prefix = "  "
+                result += f"{key}:\n"
+
+            for k in example.keys():
+                result += f"{prefix}{k}:\n{prefix}  # ...\n"
+            result += "\n```\n"
+
+            return result
+
+    elif isinstance(clz, list):
+        example = []
+        for item in clz:
+            if isinstance(item, BaseModel):
+                example.append(item.dict(by_alias=True))
+            elif isinstance(item, (dict, list, int, float, bool, str)):
+                example.append(item)
+
+        if key:
+            example = {key: example}
+        dumped = yaml.dump(example)
+        return f"```yaml\n{dumped}\n```\n"
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Don't know how to render {clz}")
+
+
+class PydanticBlockProcessor(BlockProcessor):
+    RE = re.compile(r"%%% (?P<mode>pydantic(-table|-example)?) (?P<identifier>.*)")
+
+    def test(self, parent, block):
+        return self.RE.match(block)
+
+    def run(self, parent, blocks):
+        first = blocks.pop(0)
+        m = self.RE.match(first)
+        first = self.RE.sub("", first)
+        config = MyYAML().load(first)
+
+        key = config.get("key")
+
+        mode = m.group("mode")
+        identifier = m.group("identifier")
+        if mode == "pydantic":
+            subs = config.get("subs")
+            result = pydantic(identifier, key=key, subs=subs)
+        elif mode == "pydantic-table":
+            subs = config.get("subs")
+            result = [pydantic_table(identifier, subs=subs)]
+        elif mode == "pydantic-example":
+            recursive = config.get("recursive", True)
+            result = [pydantic_example(identifier, key=key, recursive=recursive)]
+
+        if result:
+            for block in reversed(result):
+                blocks.insert(0, block)
+
+
+class PydanticExtension(Extension):
+    def extendMarkdown(self, md):
+        md.parser.blockprocessors.register(
+            PydanticBlockProcessor(md.parser), "pydantic", 23
+        )
+
+
+def makeExtension(**kwargs):
+    return PydanticExtension(**kwargs)
diff --git a/extensions/pymdown_blocks/pydantic/__init__.py b/extensions/pymdown_blocks/pydantic/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f15806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/pymdown_blocks/pydantic/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from pymdownx.blocks import BlocksExtension
+from pymdownx.blocks.block import (
+    Block,
+    type_string_in,
+    type_string,
+    type_string_insensitive,
+)
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
+
+
+class PydanticBlock(Block):
+    NAME = "pydantic"
+    ARGUMENT = True
+    OPTIONS = {
+        "mode": [
+            "full",
+            type_string_in(["full", "table", "example"], type_string_insensitive),
+        ],
+        "key": ["", type_string],
+    }
+
+    def on_create(self, parent):
+        return etree.SubElement(parent, "div")
+
+    def on_add(self, block):
+        return "Just **a test** with *markdown*."
+
+
+class PydanticBlocksExtension(BlocksExtension):
+    def extendMarkdownBlocks(self, md, block_mgr):
+        block_mgr.register(PydanticBlock, self.getConfigs())
+
+
+def makeExtension(*args, **kwargs):
+    return PydanticBlocksExtension(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 1da8e76..de75784 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ markdown_extensions:
   - toc:
       permalink: "#"
   - "extensions.markdown.version"
+  - "extensions.markdown.pydantic"
 
 nav:
   - Home: index.md
@@ -106,10 +107,10 @@ nav:
       - Plugins: user-guide/features/plugins.md
       - Safe mode: user-guide/features/safe-mode.md
     - Configuration: 
-      - A YAML primer: user-guide/configuration/yaml-primer.md
       - "Main configuration: config.yaml": user-guide/configuration/config-yaml.md
       - "Logging configuration: logging.yaml": user-guide/configuration/logging-yaml.md
       - CLI: user-guide/configuration/cli.md
+      - A YAML primer: user-guide/configuration/yaml-primer.md
   - Plugin Development Guide: 
     - plugin-guide/index.md
     - plugin-guide/tutorial.md
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 4a2da2b..dfd3fe2 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1165,4 +1165,4 @@ bracex = ">=2.1.1"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "a4b88ed433c869c1575c72912c0c4bd0da4bebe9ab7b6353f9301f3a04bfd800"
+content-hash = "de7b9c6d139cfdb118cc2b9f7212da69008165c6616c035bd6429031e4f7671c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 226b5ef..85b1d4a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ mergedeep = "^1.3.4"
 mike = "^1.1.2"
 mkdocs-glightbox = "^0.3.4"
 mkdocs-site-urls = "^0.2.0"
+pymdown-extensions = "^10.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]