diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 29a526ec67a8d..d70b3266f364e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1399,6 +1399,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "syntect",
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
@@ -4362,6 +4363,28 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "onig"
+version = "6.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c4b31c8722ad9171c6d77d3557db078cab2bd50afcc9d09c8b315c59df8ca4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "onig_sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "onig_sys"
+version = "69.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b829e3d7e9cc74c7e315ee8edb185bf4190da5acde74afd7fc59c35b1f086e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -6480,6 +6503,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syntect"
+version = "5.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "874dcfa363995604333cf947ae9f751ca3af4522c60886774c4963943b4746b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bincode",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "flate2",
+ "fnv",
+ "once_cell",
+ "onig",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 761be4d069103..dba61e18e6b1b 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ deno_ast = { workspace = true, features = ["bundler", "cjs", "codegen", "proposa
 deno_cache_dir = { workspace = true }
 deno_config = "=0.16.1"
 deno_core = { workspace = true, features = ["include_js_files_for_snapshotting"] }
-deno_doc = { version = "=0.128.1", features = ["html"] }
+deno_doc = { version = "=0.128.1", features = ["html", "syntect"] }
 deno_emit = "=0.40.1"
 deno_graph = { version = "=0.74.0", features = ["tokio_executor"] }
 deno_lint = { version = "=0.58.4", features = ["docs"] }