diff --git a/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md b/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ When you use two or more headings, GitHub automatically generates a table of con
 
 ## Styling text
 
-You can indicate emphasis with bold, italic, or strikethrough text in comment fields and `.md` files.  
+You can indicate emphasis with bold, italic, strikethrough, subscript, or superscript text in comment fields and `.md` files.  
 
 | Style | Syntax | Keyboard shortcut | Example | Output |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ You can indicate emphasis with bold, italic, or strikethrough text in comment fi
 | Strikethrough | `~~ ~~` | | `~~This was mistaken text~~` | ~~This was mistaken text~~ |
 | Bold and nested italic | `** **` and `_ _` | | `**This text is _extremely_ important**` | **This text is _extremely_ important** |
 | All bold and italic | `*** ***` | | `***All this text is important***` | ***All this text is important*** |
+| Subscript | `<sub> </sub>` | | `<sub>This is a subscript text</sub>` | <sub>This is a subscript text</sub> |
+| Superscript | `<sup> </sup>` | | `<sup>This is a superscript text</sup>` | <sup>This is a superscript text</sup> |
 
 ## Quoting text