diff --git a/internal/cmd/issue/view/view.go b/internal/cmd/issue/view/view.go
index cf3eed41..c38ffa7a 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/issue/view/view.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/issue/view/view.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ $ jira issue view ISSUE-1 --comments 5
 # Get the raw JSON data
 $ jira issue view ISSUE-1 --raw`
 
-	flagRaw      = "raw"
-	flagDebug    = "debug"
-	flagComments = "comments"
-	flagPlain    = "plain"
+	flagRaw         = "raw"
+	flagDebug       = "debug"
+	flagComments    = "comments"
+	flagPlain       = "plain"
+	flagUnformatted = "unformatted"
 
 	configProject = "project.key"
 	configServer  = "server"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func NewCmdView() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().Uint(flagComments, 1, "Show N comments")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagPlain, false, "Display output in plain mode")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagRaw, false, "Print raw Jira API response")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagUnformatted, false, "Don't format into MD")
 
 	return &cmd
 }
@@ -110,11 +112,13 @@ func viewPretty(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	plain, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool(flagPlain)
 	cmdutil.ExitIfError(err)
+	unformatted, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool(flagUnformatted)
+	cmdutil.ExitIfError(err)
 
 	v := tuiView.Issue{
 		Server:  viper.GetString(configServer),
 		Data:    iss,
-		Display: tuiView.DisplayFormat{Plain: plain},
+		Display: tuiView.DisplayFormat{Plain: plain, Unformatted: unformatted},
 		Options: tuiView.IssueOption{NumComments: comments},
 	}
 	cmdutil.ExitIfError(v.Render())
diff --git a/internal/view/issue.go b/internal/view/issue.go
index 8386d480..087f1437 100644
--- a/internal/view/issue.go
+++ b/internal/view/issue.go
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ func (i Issue) description() string {
 
 	if adfNode, ok := i.Data.Fields.Description.(*adf.ADF); ok {
 		desc = adf.NewTranslator(adfNode, adf.NewMarkdownTranslator()).Translate()
+	} else if i.Display.Unformatted {
+		desc = i.Data.Fields.Description.(string)
 	} else {
 		desc = i.Data.Fields.Description.(string)
 		desc = md.FromJiraMD(desc)
@@ -393,6 +395,8 @@ func (i Issue) comments() []issueComment {
 		var body string
 		if adfNode, ok := c.Body.(*adf.ADF); ok {
 			body = adf.NewTranslator(adfNode, adf.NewMarkdownTranslator()).Translate()
+		} else if i.Display.Unformatted {
+			body = c.Body.(string)
 		} else {
 			body = c.Body.(string)
 			body = md.FromJiraMD(body)
diff --git a/internal/view/issues.go b/internal/view/issues.go
index af9fdd2c..0159d433 100644
--- a/internal/view/issues.go
+++ b/internal/view/issues.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type DisplayFormat struct {
 	Comments     uint
 	TableStyle   tui.TableStyle
 	Timezone     string
+	Unformatted  bool
 }
 
 // IssueList is a list view for issues.