diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 837911ac..70f52585 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.zsh   diff=zsh
+*.md    diff=markdown
diff --git a/zinit-autoload.zsh b/zinit-autoload.zsh
index 0f1ef66e..9c709530 100644
--- a/zinit-autoload.zsh
+++ b/zinit-autoload.zsh
@@ -2879,9 +2879,12 @@ EOF
 
 [diff "zsh"]
     xfuncname = "^((function[[:blank:]]+[^[:blank:]]+[[:blank:]]*(\\\\(\\\\)|))|([^[:blank:]]+[[:blank:]]*\\\\(\\\\)))[[:blank:]]*(\\\\{|)[[:blank:]]*$"
+[diff "markdown"]
+    xfuncname = "^#+[[:blank:]].*$"
 EOF
 
     print -r -- "*.zsh  diff=zsh" >! .gitattributes
+    print -r -- "*.md   diff=markdown" >! .gitattributes
     print -r -- "# $plugin" >! "README.md"
     command cp -vf "${ZINIT[BIN_DIR]}/LICENSE" LICENSE
     command cp -vf "${ZINIT[BIN_DIR]}/doc/Zsh.gitignore" .gitignore