diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/AddIncidentModal.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/AddIncidentModal.tsx
index fda8c9cda2d0da..663575f062093e 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/AddIncidentModal.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/AddIncidentModal.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { message, Modal, Button, Form, Input, Typography, Select } from 'antd';
 import { useApolloClient } from '@apollo/client';
-import TextArea from 'antd/lib/input/TextArea';
+import styled from 'styled-components';
 import analytics, { EventType, EntityActionType } from '../../../../../analytics';
 import { useEntityData } from '../../../EntityContext';
 import { EntityType, IncidentSourceType, IncidentState, IncidentType } from '../../../../../../types.generated';
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ import { INCIDENT_DISPLAY_TYPES, PAGE_SIZE, addActiveIncidentToCache } from '../
 import { useRaiseIncidentMutation } from '../../../../../../graphql/mutations.generated';
 import handleGraphQLError from '../../../../../shared/handleGraphQLError';
 import { useUserContext } from '../../../../../context/useUserContext';
+import { Editor } from '../../Documentation/components/editor/Editor';
+import { ANTD_GRAY } from '../../../constants';
+
+const StyledEditor = styled(Editor)`
+    border: 1px solid ${ANTD_GRAY[4.5]};
+`;
 
 type AddIncidentProps = {
     open: boolean;
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ export const AddIncidentModal = ({ open, onClose, refetch }: AddIncidentProps) =
                 open={open}
                 destroyOnClose
                 onCancel={handleClose}
+                width={600}
                 footer={[
                     <Button type="text" onClick={handleClose}>
                         Cancel
@@ -174,7 +181,17 @@ export const AddIncidentModal = ({ open, onClose, refetch }: AddIncidentProps) =
                             },
                         ]}
                     >
-                        <TextArea placeholder="Provide some additional details" />
+                        <StyledEditor
+                            doNotFocus
+                            className="add-incident-description"
+                            onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                                // Preventing the modal from closing when the Enter key is pressed
+                                if (e.key === 'Enter') {
+                                    e.preventDefault();
+                                    e.stopPropagation();
+                                }
+                            }}
+                        />
                     </Form.Item>
                 </Form>
             </Modal>
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/IncidentListItem.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/IncidentListItem.tsx
index dc123398cd2da4..3438003c2f17b3 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/IncidentListItem.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/tabs/Incident/components/IncidentListItem.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { useUpdateIncidentStatusMutation } from '../../../../../../graphql/mutat
 import { ResolveIncidentModal } from './ResolveIncidentModal';
 import handleGraphQLError from '../../../../../shared/handleGraphQLError';
 import { MenuItemStyle } from '../../../../view/menu/item/styledComponent';
+import MarkdownViewer from '../../../components/legacy/MarkdownViewer';
 
 type Props = {
     incident: any;
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ export default function IncidentListItem({ incident, refetch }: Props) {
                             </TitleContainer>
                             <DescriptionContainer>
                                 <IncidentDescriptionLabel>Description</IncidentDescriptionLabel>
-                                <IncidentDescriptionText>{incident?.description}</IncidentDescriptionText>
+                                <MarkdownViewer source={incident?.description} />
                                 {incident.status.state === IncidentState.Resolved ? (
                                     <>
                                         <IncidentDescriptionLabel>Resolution Note</IncidentDescriptionLabel>