diff --git a/src/html.rs b/src/html.rs
index 483ab59..10c1460 100644
--- a/src/html.rs
+++ b/src/html.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ impl<'s, I: Iterator<Item = Event<'s>>, W: std::fmt::Write> Writer<I, W> {
                         Container::Link(..) => todo!(),
                         Container::Image(..) => todo!(),
                         Container::TableCell => self.out.write_str("<td>")?,
+                        Container::DescriptionTerm => self.out.write_str("<dt>")?,
                         Container::RawBlock { .. } => todo!(),
                         Container::CodeBlock { .. } => todo!(),
                         Container::Subscript => self.out.write_str("<sub>")?,
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ impl<'s, I: Iterator<Item = Event<'s>>, W: std::fmt::Write> Writer<I, W> {
                         Container::Paragraph => self.out.write_str("</p>")?,
                         Container::Heading { level } => write!(self.out, "</h{}>", level)?,
                         Container::TableCell => self.out.write_str("</td>")?,
+                        Container::DescriptionTerm => self.out.write_str("</dt>")?,
                         Container::RawBlock { .. } => todo!(),
                         Container::CodeBlock { .. } => todo!(),
                         Container::Link(..) => todo!(),
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index dad77f6..4c96732 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ pub enum Container<'s> {
     Span,
     /// A cell element of row within a table.
     TableCell,
+    /// A term within a description list.
+    DescriptionTerm,
     /// A block with raw markup for a specific output format.
     RawBlock { format: &'s str },
     /// A block with code in a specific language.
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ impl<'s> Container<'s> {
             | Self::Div
             | Self::Paragraph
             | Self::Heading { .. }
+            | Self::DescriptionTerm
             | Self::TableCell
             | Self::RawBlock { .. }
             | Self::CodeBlock { .. } => true,
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ impl<'s> Container<'s> {
             Self::Paragraph
             | Self::Heading { .. }
             | Self::TableCell
+            | Self::DescriptionTerm
             | Self::RawBlock { .. }
             | Self::CodeBlock { .. }
             | Self::Span