diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/engine/steel.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/engine/steel.rs
index 1d11e288e..209fa0899 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/engine/steel.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/engine/steel.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
     collections::HashMap,
     error::Error,
+    io::Write,
     path::PathBuf,
     sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Mutex, MutexGuard, RwLock, RwLockReadGuard},
     time::{Duration, SystemTime},
@@ -1974,6 +1975,15 @@ impl super::PluginSystem for SteelScriptingEngine {
     }
 
     fn generate_sources(&self) {
+        fn format_markdown_doc<W: Write>(writer: &mut W, doc: &str) {
+            for line in doc.lines() {
+                if line.starts_with("# ") {
+                    write!(writer, "###").unwrap();
+                }
+                writeln!(writer, "{}", line).unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+
         // Generate sources directly with a fresh engine
         let mut engine = Engine::new();
         configure_builtin_sources(&mut engine, true);
@@ -1984,6 +1994,48 @@ impl super::PluginSystem for SteelScriptingEngine {
 
             // Generate markdown docs
             steel_doc::walk_dir(&mut writer, target, &mut engine).unwrap();
+
+            // Also generate docs for the built in modules
+            let module = engine.builtin_modules().get("helix/core/text").unwrap();
+
+            writeln!(&mut writer, "# helix/core/text").unwrap();
+            writeln!(
+                &mut writer,
+                "To use, you can include with `(require-builtin helix/core/text)`"
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+            let mut found_definitions = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+
+            let mut exported_functions: Vec<_> = module
+                .names()
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|name| !name.starts_with("#%"))
+                .collect();
+
+            exported_functions.sort();
+
+            for name in &exported_functions {
+                if let Some(value) = module.documentation().get(name) {
+                    found_definitions.insert(name.to_string());
+
+                    match value {
+                        steel::steel_vm::builtin::Documentation::Markdown(m) => {
+                            let escaped = name.replace("*", "\\*");
+                            writeln!(&mut writer, "### **{}**", escaped).unwrap();
+
+                            format_markdown_doc(&mut writer, &m.0);
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            for name in exported_functions {
+                if !found_definitions.contains(&name) {
+                    writeln!(&mut writer, "### **{}**", name).unwrap();
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/steel-docs.md b/steel-docs.md
index 06d12896a..76ccf2fc3 100644
--- a/steel-docs.md
+++ b/steel-docs.md
@@ -2732,3 +2732,110 @@ Check whether the given event is the key: keypad-begin
 (key-event-keypad-begin? event)
 ```
 event: Event?
+# helix/core/text
+### **Rope?**
+Check if the given value is a rope
+### **rope->byte-slice**
+Take a slice of this rope using byte offsets
+
+```scheme
+(rope->byte-slice rope start end) -> Rope?
+```
+
+* rope: Rope?
+* start: (and positive? int?)
+* end: (and positive? int?)
+### **rope->line**
+Get the line at the given line index. Returns a rope.
+
+```scheme
+(rope->line rope index) -> Rope?
+
+```
+
+* rope : Rope?
+* index : (and positive? int?)
+### **rope->slice**
+Take a slice from using character indices from the rope.
+Returns a new rope value.
+
+```scheme
+(rope->slice rope start end) -> Rope?
+```
+
+* rope : Rope?
+* start: (and positive? int?)
+* end: (and positive? int?)
+### **rope->string**
+Convert the given rope to a string
+### **rope-byte->line**
+Convert the given byte offset to a line offset for a given rope
+
+```scheme
+(rope-byte->line rope byte-index) -> int?
+```
+
+* rope : Rope?
+* byte-index : int?
+
+            
+### **rope-char->byte**
+Convert the byte offset into a character offset for a given rope
+### **rope-char->line**
+Convert the given character offset to a line offset for a given rope
+
+```scheme
+(rope-char->line rope char-index) -> int?
+```
+
+* rope : Rope?
+* char-index : int?
+
+            
+### **rope-char-ref**
+Get the character at the given index
+### **rope-ends-with?**
+Check if the rope ends with a given pattern
+### **rope-insert-char**
+Insert a character at the given index
+### **rope-insert-string**
+Insert a string at the given index into the rope
+### **rope-len-bytes**
+Get the length of the rope in bytes
+### **rope-len-chars**
+Get the length of the rope in characters
+### **rope-len-lines**
+Get the number of lines in the rope
+### **rope-line->byte**
+Convert the given line index to a byte offset for a given rope
+
+```scheme
+(rope-line->byte rope line-offset) -> int?
+```
+
+* rope : Rope?
+* line-offset: int?
+            
+### **rope-line->char**
+Convert the given line index to a character offset for a given rope
+
+```scheme
+(rope-line->char rope line-offset) -> int?
+```
+
+* rope : Rope?
+* line-offset: int?
+            
+### **rope-starts-with?**
+Check if the rope starts with a given pattern
+### **rope-trim-start**
+Remove the leading whitespace from the given rope
+### **string->rope**
+Converts a string into a rope.
+
+```scheme
+(string->rope value) -> Rope?
+```
+
+* value : string?
+