diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/MarkdownDisplayForFile.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/MarkdownDisplayForFile.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15be7204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/MarkdownDisplayForFile.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import MDEditor from '@uiw/react-md-editor';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import HttpService from '../services/HttpService';
+
+type OwnProps = {
+  apiPath: string;
+};
+
+export default function MarkdownDisplayForFile({ apiPath }: OwnProps) {
+  const [markdownContents, setMarkdownContents] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const processResult = (result: any) => {
+      if (result.file_contents) {
+        setMarkdownContents(result.file_contents);
+      }
+    };
+
+    HttpService.makeCallToBackend({
+      path: apiPath,
+      successCallback: processResult,
+    });
+  }, [apiPath]);
+
+  if (markdownContents) {
+    return (
+      <div data-color-mode="light" className="with-bottom-margin">
+        <MDEditor.Markdown linkTarget="_blank" source={markdownContents} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
index bb135797..f99197c7 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
@@ -1840,6 +1840,9 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceListTable({
         </Column>
       );
     }
+    if (!headerElement && !filterButtonLink) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return (
       <>
         <Column
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css
index 8ba20168..a720e671 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/index.css
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ h1.with-icons {
   margin-top: 5px;
 }
 
+.with-icons {
+  margin-top: 10px;
+}
+
+.readme-container {
+  max-width: 640px;
+}
+
 dl {
   display: block;
   grid-template-columns: 35% 65%;
@@ -488,11 +496,6 @@ th.table-header-right-align .cds--data-table, th.table-header-right-align .cds--
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
 }
 
-/* top and bottom margin since this is sort of the middle of three sections on the process model show page */
-.process-model-files-section {
-  margin: 2rem 0;
-}
-
 .filter-icon {
   text-align: right;
   padding-bottom: 10px;
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx
index 752d05d8..623bd62a 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import {
   View,
 } from '@carbon/icons-react';
 import {
-  Accordion,
-  AccordionItem,
   Button,
   Column,
   Dropdown,
@@ -24,6 +22,11 @@ import {
   TableHead,
   TableHeader,
   TableRow,
+  Tabs,
+  Tab,
+  TabList,
+  TabPanels,
+  TabPanel,
 } from '@carbon/react';
 import { Can } from '@casl/react';
 import ProcessBreadcrumb from '../components/ProcessBreadcrumb';
@@ -48,10 +51,12 @@ import { useUriListForPermissions } from '../hooks/UriListForPermissions';
 import ProcessInstanceRun from '../components/ProcessInstanceRun';
 import { Notification } from '../components/Notification';
 import ProcessModelTestRun from '../components/ProcessModelTestRun';
+import MarkdownDisplayForFile from '../components/MarkdownDisplayForFile';
 
 export default function ProcessModelShow() {
   const params = useParams();
   const { addError, removeError } = useAPIError();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   const [processModel, setProcessModel] = useState<ProcessModel | null>(null);
   const [processInstance, setProcessInstance] =
@@ -62,7 +67,8 @@ export default function ProcessModelShow() {
     useState<boolean>(false);
   const [processModelPublished, setProcessModelPublished] = useState<any>(null);
   const [publishDisabled, setPublishDisabled] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const [selectedTabIndex, setSelectedTabIndex] = useState<number>(0);
+  const [readmeFile, setReadmeFile] = useState<ProcessFile | null>(null);
 
   const { targetUris } = useUriListForPermissions();
   const permissionRequestData: PermissionsToCheck = {
@@ -98,6 +104,15 @@ export default function ProcessModelShow() {
       setProcessModel(result);
       setReloadModel(false);
       setPageTitle([result.display_name]);
+
+      let newTabIndex = 1;
+      result.files.forEach((file: ProcessFile) => {
+        if (file.name === 'README.md') {
+          setReadmeFile(file);
+          newTabIndex = 0;
+        }
+      });
+      setSelectedTabIndex(newTabIndex);
     };
     HttpService.makeCallToBackend({
       path: `/process-models/${modifiedProcessModelId}`,
@@ -562,44 +577,124 @@ export default function ProcessModelShow() {
     );
   };
 
-  const processModelFilesSection = () => {
-    return (
-      <Grid
-        condensed
-        fullWidth
-        className="megacondensed process-model-files-section"
-      >
-        <Column md={8} lg={14} sm={4}>
-          <Accordion align="end" open className="megacondensed-button">
-            <AccordionItem
-              open
-              data-qa="files-accordion"
-              title={
-                <Stack orientation="horizontal">
-                  <span>
-                    <Button size="sm" kind="ghost">
-                      Files
-                      {processModel &&
-                        processModel.bpmn_version_control_identifier &&
-                        ` (revision ${processModel.bpmn_version_control_identifier})`}
-                    </Button>
-                  </span>
-                </Stack>
-              }
-            >
+  const readmeFileArea = () => {
+    if (readmeFile) {
+      return (
+        <div className="readme-container">
+          <Grid condensed fullWidth className="megacondensed">
+            <Column md={7} lg={15} sm={3}>
+              <p className="with-icons">{readmeFile.name}</p>
+            </Column>
+            <Column md={1} lg={1} sm={1}>
               <Can
-                I="POST"
+                I="GET"
                 a={targetUris.processModelFileCreatePath}
                 ability={ability}
               >
-                {addFileComponent()}
-                <br />
+                <Button
+                  kind="ghost"
+                  data-qa="process-model-readme-file-edit"
+                  renderIcon={Edit}
+                  iconDescription="Edit README.md"
+                  hasIconOnly
+                  href={`/admin/process-models/${modifiedProcessModelId}/form/${readmeFile.name}`}
+                />
               </Can>
-              {processModelFileList()}
-            </AccordionItem>
-          </Accordion>
-        </Column>
-      </Grid>
+            </Column>
+          </Grid>
+          <hr />
+          <MarkdownDisplayForFile
+            apiPath={`/process-models/${modifiedProcessModelId}/files/${readmeFile.name}`}
+          />
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    return (
+      <>
+        <p>No README file found</p>
+        <Can
+          I="POST"
+          a={targetUris.processModelFileCreatePath}
+          ability={ability}
+        >
+          <Button
+            className="with-top-margin"
+            data-qa="process-model-readme-file-create"
+            href={`/admin/process-models/${modifiedProcessModelId}/form?file_ext=md&default_file_name=README.md`}
+            size="md"
+          >
+            Add README.md
+          </Button>
+        </Can>
+      </>
+    );
+  };
+
+  const updateSelectedTab = (newTabIndex: any) => {
+    setSelectedTabIndex(newTabIndex.selectedIndex);
+  };
+
+  const tabArea = () => {
+    if (!processModel) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <Tabs selectedIndex={selectedTabIndex} onChange={updateSelectedTab}>
+        <TabList aria-label="List of tabs">
+          <Tab>About</Tab>
+          <Tab>Files</Tab>
+          <Tab>My Process instances</Tab>
+        </TabList>
+        <TabPanels>
+          <TabPanel>{readmeFileArea()}</TabPanel>
+          <TabPanel>
+            <Grid condensed fullWidth className="megacondensed">
+              <Column md={4} lg={8} sm={4}>
+                <Can
+                  I="POST"
+                  a={targetUris.processModelFileCreatePath}
+                  ability={ability}
+                >
+                  <div className="with-bottom-margin">
+                    Files
+                    {processModel &&
+                      processModel.bpmn_version_control_identifier &&
+                      ` (revision ${processModel.bpmn_version_control_identifier})`}
+                  </div>
+                  {addFileComponent()}
+                  <br />
+                </Can>
+                {processModelFileList()}
+              </Column>
+            </Grid>
+          </TabPanel>
+          <TabPanel>
+            {selectedTabIndex !== 2 ? null : (
+              <Can
+                I="POST"
+                a={targetUris.processInstanceListForMePath}
+                ability={ability}
+              >
+                <ProcessInstanceListTable
+                  filtersEnabled={false}
+                  showLinkToReport
+                  variant="for-me"
+                  additionalReportFilters={[
+                    {
+                      field_name: 'process_model_identifier',
+                      field_value: processModel.id,
+                    },
+                  ]}
+                  perPageOptions={[2, 5, 25]}
+                  showReports={false}
+                />
+                <span data-qa="process-model-show-permissions-loaded" />
+              </Can>
+            )}
+          </TabPanel>
+        </TabPanels>
+      </Tabs>
     );
   };
 
@@ -666,9 +761,7 @@ export default function ProcessModelShow() {
               iconDescription="Edit Process Model"
               hasIconOnly
               href={`/admin/process-models/${modifiedProcessModelId}/edit`}
-            >
-              Edit process model
-            </Button>
+            />
           </Can>
           <Can I="DELETE" a={targetUris.processModelShowPath} ability={ability}>
             <ButtonWithConfirmation
@@ -707,28 +800,7 @@ export default function ProcessModelShow() {
         </Stack>
         <p className="process-description">{processModel.description}</p>
         {processModel.primary_file_name ? processStartButton : null}
-        {processModelFilesSection()}
-        <Can
-          I="POST"
-          a={targetUris.processInstanceListForMePath}
-          ability={ability}
-        >
-          <ProcessInstanceListTable
-            headerElement={<h2>My Process Instances</h2>}
-            filtersEnabled={false}
-            showLinkToReport
-            variant="for-me"
-            additionalReportFilters={[
-              {
-                field_name: 'process_model_identifier',
-                field_value: processModel.id,
-              },
-            ]}
-            perPageOptions={[2, 5, 25]}
-            showReports={false}
-          />
-          <span data-qa="process-model-show-permissions-loaded" />
-        </Can>
+        <div className="with-top-margin">{tabArea()}</div>
       </>
     );
   }
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ReactFormEditor.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ReactFormEditor.tsx
index d8cbaf59..7676e805 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ReactFormEditor.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ReactFormEditor.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useNavigate, useParams, useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { Button, ButtonSet, Modal } from '@carbon/react';
 import { Can } from '@casl/react';
+import MDEditor from '@uiw/react-md-editor';
 import ProcessBreadcrumb from '../components/ProcessBreadcrumb';
 import HttpService from '../services/HttpService';
 import ButtonWithConfirmation from '../components/ButtonWithConfirmation';
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export default function ReactFormEditor() {
 
   const hasDiagram = fileExtension === 'bpmn' || fileExtension === 'dmn';
   const hasFormBuilder = fileExtension === 'json';
+  const defaultFileName = searchParams.get('default_file_name');
 
   const editorDefaultLanguage = (() => {
     if (fileExtension === 'json') {
@@ -106,7 +108,8 @@ export default function ReactFormEditor() {
       setProcessModelFile(file);
     }
     if (!params.file_name) {
-      const fileNameWithExtension = `${newFileName}.${fileExtension}`;
+      const fileNameWithExtension =
+        defaultFileName ?? `${newFileName}.${fileExtension}`;
       navigate(
         `/admin/process-models/${modifiedProcessModelId}/form/${fileNameWithExtension}`
       );
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ export default function ReactFormEditor() {
 
     let url = `/process-models/${modifiedProcessModelId}/files`;
     let httpMethod = 'PUT';
-    let fileNameWithExtension = params.file_name;
+    let fileNameWithExtension = params.file_name || defaultFileName;
 
     if (newFileName) {
       fileNameWithExtension = `${newFileName}.${fileExtension}`;
@@ -219,6 +222,30 @@ export default function ReactFormEditor() {
     return null;
   };
 
+  const editorArea = () => {
+    if (fileExtension === 'md') {
+      return (
+        <div data-color-mode="light">
+          <MDEditor
+            height={600}
+            highlightEnable={false}
+            value={processModelFileContents || ''}
+            onChange={(value) => setProcessModelFileContents(value || '')}
+          />
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    return (
+      <Editor
+        height={600}
+        width="auto"
+        defaultLanguage={editorDefaultLanguage}
+        defaultValue={processModelFileContents || ''}
+        onChange={(value) => setProcessModelFileContents(value || '')}
+      />
+    );
+  };
+
   if (processModelFile || !params.file_name) {
     const processModelFileName = processModelFile ? processModelFile.name : '';
     const formBuildFileParam = params.file_name
@@ -318,13 +345,7 @@ export default function ReactFormEditor() {
             <ActiveUsers />
           </Can>
         </ButtonSet>
-        <Editor
-          height={600}
-          width="auto"
-          defaultLanguage={editorDefaultLanguage}
-          defaultValue={processModelFileContents || ''}
-          onChange={(value) => setProcessModelFileContents(value || '')}
-        />
+        {editorArea()}
       </main>
     );
   }