From 572f001f5bd085d5abe31ae798ce4f9cccc05537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cdce8p <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 09:16:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added description for markdown in persistent notifications
 (#5124)

* Added markdown description for persistent_notification

* Minor change
---
 .../persistent_notification.markdown          | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_components/persistent_notification.markdown b/source/_components/persistent_notification.markdown
index 6e84078f3d0..9fac3ddc0cf 100644
--- a/source/_components/persistent_notification.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/persistent_notification.markdown
@@ -55,6 +55,26 @@ action:
     notification_id: "1234"
 ```
 
+
+### {% linkable_title Markdown support %}
+
+The message attribute supports the [Markdown formatting syntax](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax). Some examples are:
+
+| Type | Message |
+| ---- | ------- |
+| Headline 1 | `# Headline` |
+| Headline 2 | `## Headline` |
+| Newline | `\n` |
+| Bold | `**My bold text**` |
+| Cursive | `*My cursive text*` |
+| Link | `[Link](https://home-assistant.io/)` |
+| Image | `![image](/local/my_image.jpg)` |
+
+<p class="note">
+  `/local/` in this context refers to the `.homeassistant/www/` folder.
+</p>
+
+
 ### {% linkable_title Create a persistent notification %}
 
 Choose <img src='/images/screenshots/developer-tool-services-icon.png' alt='service developer tool icon' class="no-shadow" height="38" /> **Services** from the **Developer Tools** to call the `persistent_notification` service. Select `persistent_notification/create` from the list of **Available services:** and enter something like the sample below into the **Service Data** field and hit **CALL SERVICE**.