diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
index 42230b5..522bf64 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ M.defaults = {
       },
     },
   },
+  readme = {
+    root = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/lazy/readme",
+    files = { "README.md" },
+    skip_if_doc_exists = true,
+  },
   debug = false,
 }
 
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@ function M.setup(spec, opts)
       vim.fn.stdpath("config"),
     }
   end
+  vim.opt.rtp:append(M.options.readme.root)
 
   -- disable plugin loading since we do all of that ourselves
   vim.go.loadplugins = false
diff --git a/lua/lazy/help.lua b/lua/lazy/help.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f3e549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/lazy/help.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+local Config = require("lazy.core.config")
+local Util = require("lazy.util")
+
+local M = {}
+
+function M.index(plugin)
+  if Config.options.readme.skip_if_doc_exists and vim.loop.fs_stat(plugin.dir .. "/doc") then
+    return {}
+  end
+  ---@type {file:string, tag:string, line:string}[]
+  local tags = {}
+  for _, file in ipairs(Config.options.readme.files) do
+    file = plugin.dir .. "/" .. file
+    if vim.loop.fs_stat(file) then
+      local lines = vim.split(Util.read_file(file), "\n")
+      for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
+        local title = line:match("^#+%s*(.*)")
+        if title then
+          local tag = plugin.name .. "-" .. title:lower():gsub("%W+", "-")
+          tag = tag:gsub("%-+", "-"):gsub("%-$", "")
+          table.insert(tags, { tag = tag, line = line, file = plugin.name .. ".md" })
+        end
+      end
+      table.insert(lines, [[<!-- vim: set ft=markdown: -->]])
+      Util.write_file(Config.options.readme.root .. "/doc/" .. plugin.name .. ".md", table.concat(lines, "\n"))
+    end
+  end
+  return tags
+end
+
+function M.update()
+  local docs = Config.options.readme.root .. "/doc"
+  vim.fn.mkdir(docs, "p")
+
+  Util.ls(docs, function(path, name, type)
+    if type == "file" and name:sub(-2) == "md" then
+      vim.loop.fs_unlink(path)
+    end
+  end)
+  ---@type {file:string, tag:string, line:string}[]
+  local tags = {}
+  for _, plugin in pairs(Config.plugins) do
+    vim.list_extend(tags, M.index(plugin))
+  end
+  local lines = { [[!_TAG_FILE_ENCODING	utf-8	//]] }
+  for _, tag in ipairs(tags) do
+    table.insert(lines, ("%s\t%s\t/%s"):format(tag.tag, tag.file, tag.line))
+  end
+  Util.write_file(docs .. "/tags", table.concat(lines, "\n"))
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
index cd801c5..27d8821 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ function M.install(opts)
     plugins = function(plugin)
       return plugin.url and not plugin._.installed
     end,
-  }, opts)
+  }, opts):wait(function()
+    require("lazy.help").update()
+  end)
 end
 
 ---@param opts? ManagerOpts|{lockfile?:boolean}
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ function M.update(opts)
     end,
   }, opts):wait(function()
     require("lazy.manage.lock").update()
+    require("lazy.help").update()
   end)
 end