diff --git a/ietf/doc/views_doc.py b/ietf/doc/views_doc.py
index 1c42bfa96..a3548fa92 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/views_doc.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/views_doc.py
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def document_main(request, name, rev=None, document_html=False):
 
     if doc.type_id == "charter":
         content = doc.text_or_error()     # pyflakes:ignore
-        content = markup_txt.markup(content)
+        content = markdown.markdown(content)
 
         ballot_summary = None
         if doc.get_state_slug() in ("intrev", "iesgrev"):
diff --git a/ietf/templates/doc/document_charter.html b/ietf/templates/doc/document_charter.html
index 08584849d..64765653e 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/doc/document_charter.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/doc/document_charter.html
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
                 {{ doc.canonical_name }}-{{ doc.rev }}
             </div>
             <div class="card-body">
-                <pre>{{ content|maybewordwrap|urlize_ietf_docs|linkify }}</pre>
+                {{ content }}
             </div>
         </div>
     {% endif %}