diff --git a/makefiles/lint/markdown/include.mk b/makefiles/lint/markdown/include.mk
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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-mdl lint-mdl-all lint-mdl-modified
+
+have-rst-files := $(if $(strip $(RST_SOURCE)),true)
+RST_SOURCE     ?= $(error RST_SOURCE= is required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-MARKDOWN
+  lint-mdl-mode := $(if $(have-mdl-files),modified,all)
+  lint : lint-mdl-$(lint-mdl-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-MDL
+
+# Consistent targets across lint makefiles
+lint-mdl-all      : lint-mdl
+lint-mdl-modified : lint-mdl
+
+# onf-excl-dirs
+LINT_STYLE ?= mdl_strict.rb
+
+mdl-excludes := $(foreach path,$(onf-exclude-dirs),! -path "./$(path)/*")
+
+lint-mdl:
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	@echo "markdownlint(mdl) version: `mdl --version`"
+	@echo "style config:"
+	@echo "---"
+	@cat $(LINT_STYLE)
+	@echo "---"
+# 	mdl -s $(LINT_STYLE) `find -L $(SOURCEDIR) ! -path "./_$(venv-activate-script)/*" ! -path "./_build/*" ! -path "./repos/*" ! -path "*vendor*" -name "*.md"`
+	mdl -s $(LINT_STYLE) `find -L $(SOURCEDIR) $(mdl-excludes) -iname "*.md"`
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-mdl          Syntax check python using the mdl command'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  lint-mdl-all       mdl checking: exhaustive'
+	@echo '  lint-mdl-modified  mdl checking: only modified'
+  endif
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/markdown/urls b/makefiles/lint/markdown/urls
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+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+# Consumer: repo:voltha-docs
+https://github.com/markdownlint/markdownlint
+
+# [EOF]