diff --git a/modules/templates/helper.go b/modules/templates/helper.go
index 63c165bc8bd24..5e237650e59c3 100644
--- a/modules/templates/helper.go
+++ b/modules/templates/helper.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/json"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/markup"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/markup/markdown"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/repository"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/svg"
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ func NewFuncMap() []template.FuncMap {
 		"SafeJS":        SafeJS,
 		"JSEscape":      JSEscape,
 		"Str2html":      Str2html,
+		"RenderMarkup":  RenderMarkup,
 		"TimeSince":     timeutil.TimeSince,
 		"TimeSinceUnix": timeutil.TimeSinceUnix,
 		"RawTimeSince":  timeutil.RawTimeSince,
@@ -622,6 +624,28 @@ func Str2html(raw string) template.HTML {
 	return template.HTML(markup.Sanitize(raw))
 }
 
+// RenderMarkup render markdown/markup specified in type to sanitized HTML
+func RenderMarkup(markupType, raw string) template.HTML {
+	var err error
+	var renderedContent string
+
+	if markupType == "markdown" {
+		if renderedContent, err = markdown.RenderString(&markup.RenderContext{}, raw); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("RenderMarkup: Invalid markdown? %v", err)
+			return template.HTML(html.EscapeString(raw))
+		}
+		return template.HTML(markup.Sanitize(renderedContent))
+	} else if markupType == "markup" {
+		if renderedContent, err = markup.RenderString(&markup.RenderContext{}, raw); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("RenderMarkup: Invalid markup? %v", err)
+			return template.HTML(html.EscapeString(raw))
+		}
+		return template.HTML(markup.Sanitize(renderedContent))
+	}
+
+	return template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(`RenderMarkup: Unsupported markup type: %s`, markupType))
+}
+
 // Escape escapes a HTML string
 func Escape(raw string) string {
 	return html.EscapeString(raw)
diff --git a/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl b/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl
index f33635abff134..5fa262616b96e 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 				{{if .TargetURL}}
 					<div class="ui"><a href="{{.TargetURL}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">{{$.root.i18n.Tr "repo.pulls.status_checks_details"}}</a></div>
 				{{end}}
+				<div class="ui markup mt-4">{{RenderMarkup "markdown" .Description}}</div>
 			</div>
 		{{end}}
 	</div>
diff --git a/templates/repo/pulls/status.tmpl b/templates/repo/pulls/status.tmpl
index f029d5cb6c7cb..e41e5cb5fe5de 100644
--- a/templates/repo/pulls/status.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/pulls/status.tmpl
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@
 	{{range $.LatestCommitStatuses}}
 		<div class="ui attached segment">
 			<span>{{template "repo/commit_status" .}}</span>
-			<span class="ui">{{.Context}} <span class="text grey">{{.Description}}</span></span>
+			<span class="ui">{{.Context}}</span>
 			<div class="ui right">
 				{{if $.is_context_required}}
 					{{if (call $.is_context_required .Context)}}<div class="ui label">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.pulls.status_checks_requested"}}</div>{{end}}
 				{{end}}
 				<span class="ui">{{if .TargetURL}}<a href="{{.TargetURL}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.pulls.status_checks_details"}}</a>{{end}}</span>
 			</div>
+			<div class="ui markup mt-4">{{RenderMarkup "markdown" .Description}}</div>
 		</div>
 	{{end}}
 {{end}}