diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 7ec66cf38bffaa82c6c8adf7023a4bb16c55fe28..d67e4405b45c4d3b34782836ed96641a5eee063d 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ markdown_extensions:
       permalink: True
   - admonition
   - pymdownx.details
+  - abbr
 
 extra_javascript:
   - 'https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-latest.min.js'