diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6539-semantic-markup.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6539-semantic-markup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9619cd3bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6539-semantic-markup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - "The collection will start using semantic markup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539)."
+known_issues:
+  - "Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the
+     documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on
+     https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539)."
diff --git a/tests/sanity/extra/extra-docs.py b/tests/sanity/extra/extra-docs.py
index c636beb08e..251e6d70f5 100755
--- a/tests/sanity/extra/extra-docs.py
+++ b/tests/sanity/extra/extra-docs.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def main():
     suffix = ':{env}'.format(env=env["ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH"]) if 'ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH' in env else ''
     env['ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH'] = '{root}{suffix}'.format(root=os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.getcwd()))), suffix=suffix)
     p = subprocess.run(
-        ['antsibull-docs', 'lint-collection-docs', '--plugin-docs', '--disallow-semantic-markup', '--skip-rstcheck', '.'],
+        ['antsibull-docs', 'lint-collection-docs', '--plugin-docs', '--skip-rstcheck', '.'],
         env=env,
         check=False,
     )