diff --git a/core/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/JavadocToMarkdownTransformer.java b/core/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/JavadocToMarkdownTransformer.java
index 95b46d1ede4d1..f543e98e7ba41 100644
--- a/core/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/JavadocToMarkdownTransformer.java
+++ b/core/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/JavadocToMarkdownTransformer.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public class JavadocToMarkdownTransformer {
     private static final Pattern URL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\b(http[^\\[]+)\\[(.*?)\\]");
     private static final Pattern XREF_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("xref:([^\\[]+)\\[(.*?)\\]");
     private static final Pattern ICON_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\bicon:([a-z0-9_-]+)\\[(?:role=([a-z0-9_-]+))?\\](?=\\s|$)");
+    private static final Pattern DESCRIPTION_LIST_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^([a-z0-9][a-z0-9_ -]+)::(?=\\s|$)",
+            Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE);
 
     public static String toMarkdown(String javadoc, JavadocFormat format) {
         if (javadoc == null || javadoc.isBlank()) {
@@ -326,6 +328,9 @@ private static String asciidocToMarkdown(String asciidoc) {
             // Convert icons
             markdownLine = convertIcons(markdownLine);
 
+            // Convert description lists: we only convert the title
+            markdownLine = convertDescriptionLists(markdownLine);
+
             result.add(linePrefix + markdownLine);
         }
 
@@ -387,4 +392,15 @@ private static String convertIcons(String line) {
         matcher.appendTail(sb);
         return sb.toString();
     }
+
+    private static String convertDescriptionLists(String line) {
+        Matcher matcher = DESCRIPTION_LIST_PATTERN.matcher(line);
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            String descriptionTitle = matcher.group(1);
+            matcher.appendReplacement(sb, "**" + descriptionTitle + "**");
+        }
+        matcher.appendTail(sb);
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/processor/src/test/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/AsciidocToMarkdownTransformerTest.java b/core/processor/src/test/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/AsciidocToMarkdownTransformerTest.java
index 10b5138bab714..f0ab9d73c7013 100644
--- a/core/processor/src/test/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/AsciidocToMarkdownTransformerTest.java
+++ b/core/processor/src/test/java/io/quarkus/annotation/processor/documentation/config/formatter/AsciidocToMarkdownTransformerTest.java
@@ -169,4 +169,32 @@ public void testIcons() {
 
         assertEquals(expectedMarkdown, JavadocToMarkdownTransformer.toMarkdown(asciidoc, JavadocFormat.ASCIIDOC));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDescriptionLists() {
+        String asciidoc = """
+                This is a simple paragraph.
+
+                Item title1:: item description 1
+                Item title2:: item description 2
+
+                Item title1::
+                Item description 1
+
+                Item title2::
+                Item description 2""";
+        String expectedMarkdown = """
+                This is a simple paragraph.
+
+                **Item title1** item description 1
+                **Item title2** item description 2
+
+                **Item title1**
+                Item description 1
+
+                **Item title2**
+                Item description 2""";
+
+        assertEquals(expectedMarkdown, JavadocToMarkdownTransformer.toMarkdown(asciidoc, JavadocFormat.ASCIIDOC));
+    }
 }