diff --git a/utils/grass_html2md.sh b/utils/grass_html2md.sh
index 9ac2e548ae1..af51d8b37ee 100755
--- a/utils/grass_html2md.sh
+++ b/utils/grass_html2md.sh
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ set -eu
 #    wget
 #
 # Author(s):
-#    Martin Landa, Markus Neteler
+#    Martin Landa, Markus Neteler, Corey White
 #
 # Usage:
 #    If you have "pandoc" in PATH, execute for HTML file conversion in
 #    current directory and subdirectories:
 #      ./utils/grass_html2md.sh
 #
-# COPYRIGHT: (C) 2024 by the GRASS Development Team
+# COPYRIGHT: (C) 2024-2025 by the GRASS Development Team
 #
 #            This program is free software under the GNU General Public
 #            License (>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ trap "exitprocedure" 2 3 15
 # path to LUA file (./utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua)
 UTILSPATH="utils"
 
+process_file() {
+    local file="$1" # temporary file
+    local f="$2" # original file
+
+    cat "$file" | \
+        sed 's#<div class="code"><pre>#<pre><code>#g' | \
+        sed 's#</pre></div>#</code></pre>#g' | \
+        pandoc -f html-native_divs \
+            -t gfm+pipe_tables+gfm_auto_identifiers --wrap=auto \
+            --lua-filter "${UTILSPATH}/pandoc_codeblock.lua" | \
+        sed 's+ \\\$+ \$+g' | sed 's+%20+-+g' > "${f%%.html}.md"
+
+    rm -f "$file"
+
+}
+
 # run recursively: HTML to MD
 for f in $(find . -name *.html); do
     echo "${f}"
@@ -57,13 +73,6 @@ for f in $(find . -name *.html); do
   s|_KEEPHTML||g;
 ' "${f%%.html}.html" > "${f%%.html}_tmp.html"
 
-    cat "${f%%.html}_tmp.html" | \
-        sed 's#<div class="code"><pre>#<pre><code>#g' | \
-        sed 's#</pre></div>#</code></pre>#g' | \
-        pandoc --from=html --to=markdown -t gfm \
-               --lua-filter "${UTILSPATH}/pandoc_codeblock.lua" | \
-        sed 's+ \\\$+ \$+g' | sed 's+%20+-+g' > "${f%%.html}.md"
-
-    rm -f "${f%%.html}_tmp.html"
+    process_file "${f%%.html}_tmp.html" ${f%%.html}.html
 
 done
diff --git a/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua b/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua
index e2a0a54910f..4e45faa6147 100644
--- a/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua
+++ b/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,71 @@
 -- Test cases
 -- raster/r.sun/r.sun.html
 
--- Function to convert code blocks to markdown
-function CodeBlock (cb)
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('markdown', '```shell\n' .. cb.text .. '\n```\n')
+-- Enforces markdownlint rules during Pandoc conversion
+local MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 120  -- Adjust as needed for MD013
+
+local LIST_INDENT = ""
+
+function Image(el)
+    -- Convert HTML <img> to Markdown ![alt text](src)
+    local alt_text = el.alt or "image-alt"
+    local src = el.src
+    return pandoc.Image({pandoc.Str(alt_text)}, src)
+end
+
+-- Fixes some edge cases with raw HTML elements
+function RawInline(el)
+    if el.format == "html" then
+        if el.text:match("<em>") then
+            return pandoc.RawInline("markdown", "*")
+        elseif el.text:match("</em>") then
+            return pandoc.RawInline("markdown", "*")
+        elseif el.text:match("<i>") then
+            return pandoc.RawInline("markdown", "*")
+        elseif el.text:match("</i>") then
+            return pandoc.RawInline("markdown", "*")
+        elseif el.text:match("&nbsp;") then
+            return pandoc.RawInline("markdown", " ")
+        elseif el.text:match("&lt;") then
+            return pandoc.RawInline("markdown", "<")
+        elseif el.text:match("&gt;") then
+            return pandoc.RawInline("markdown", ">")
+        end
+    end
+    return el
+end
+
+function CodeBlock(el)
+    -- Ensure fenced code blocks with backticks
+    local lang = el.classes[1] or "sh"  -- Preserve language if available
+    return pandoc.RawBlock("markdown", "```" .. lang .. "\n" .. el.text .. "\n```")
+end
+
+function Header(el)
+    return pandoc.Header(el.level, el.content) -- Ensure ATX-style headers
+end
+
+function Str(el)
+    local text = el.text:gsub("%s+$", "") -- Remove trailing spaces
+    return pandoc.Str(text)
+end
+
+function Pandoc(doc)
+    -- Process document with defined rules
+    local new_blocks = {}
+    local previous_blank = false
+
+    for _, block in ipairs(doc.blocks) do
+        if block.t == "Para" and #block.content == 0 then
+            if not previous_blank then
+                table.insert(new_blocks, block)
+            end
+            previous_blank = true
+        else
+            table.insert(new_blocks, block)
+            previous_blank = false
+        end
+    end
+
+    return pandoc.Pandoc(new_blocks)
 end