diff --git a/README b/README
index e97ff46..7972d43 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ for more details.
 
 Quickstart:
 
-1) chicken-install fmt symbol-utils apropos
+1) chicken-install fmt symbol-utils apropos chicken-doc
 
 2) Add chicken-slime.el to your Emacs load-path
 
diff --git a/swank-chicken.scm b/swank-chicken.scm
index 0c86376..38cea62 100644
--- a/swank-chicken.scm
+++ b/swank-chicken.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 (require 'posix)
 (require-extension symbol-utils
                    apropos
+                   chicken-doc
                    fmt)
 
 
@@ -438,7 +439,12 @@
                             (apropos-information-list prefix)))))
   `(:ok (,comps ,(if (= (length comps) 1)
                      (car comps)
-                     prefix)))))         
+                     prefix)))))
+
+(define (swank:describe-symbol sym)
+  `(:ok ,(with-output-to-string
+           (lambda ()
+             (doc-dwim sym)))))
 
 ;; Unimplemented.
 (define (swank:buffer-first-change . _) '(:ok nil))
diff --git a/swank.scm b/swank.scm
index dadaf8f..1e5cd1c 100644
--- a/swank.scm
+++ b/swank.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
                swank:buffer-first-change
                swank:filename-to-modulename
                swank:find-definitions-for-emacs
-               swank:swank-require)
+               swank:swank-require
+               swank:describe-symbol)
   (import scheme
           chicken)
   (use ports