diff --git a/spec/ameba/presenter/rule_collection_presenter_spec.cr b/spec/ameba/presenter/rule_collection_presenter_spec.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cba4129b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ameba/presenter/rule_collection_presenter_spec.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+require "../../spec_helper"
+
+module Ameba
+  private def with_rule_collection_presenter(&)
+    with_presenter(Presenter::RuleCollectionPresenter) do |presenter, io|
+      rules = Config.load.rules
+      presenter.run(rules)
+
+      output = io.to_s
+      output = Formatter::Util.deansify(output).to_s
+
+      yield rules, output, presenter
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe Presenter::RuleCollectionPresenter do
+    it "outputs rule collection details" do
+      with_rule_collection_presenter do |rules, output|
+        rules.each do |rule|
+          output.should contain rule.name
+          output.should contain rule.severity.symbol
+
+          if description = rule.description
+            output.should contain description
+          end
+        end
+        output.should contain "Total rules: #{rules.size}"
+        output.should match /\d+ enabled/
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/ameba/presenter/rule_presenter_spec.cr b/spec/ameba/presenter/rule_presenter_spec.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f76007a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ameba/presenter/rule_presenter_spec.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require "../../spec_helper"
+
+module Ameba
+  private def rule_presenter_each_rule(&)
+    with_presenter(Presenter::RulePresenter) do |presenter, io|
+      rules = Config.load.rules
+      rules.each do |rule|
+        presenter.run(rule)
+
+        output = io.to_s
+        output = Formatter::Util.deansify(output).to_s
+
+        yield rule, output, presenter
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe Presenter::RulePresenter do
+    it "outputs rule details" do
+      rule_presenter_each_rule do |rule, output|
+        output.should contain rule.name
+        output.should contain rule.severity.to_s
+
+        if description = rule.description
+          output.should contain description
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.cr b/spec/spec_helper.cr
index 365febd1..34621852 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.cr
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.cr
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ module Ameba
   end
 end
 
+def with_presenter(klass, &)
+  io = IO::Memory.new
+  presenter = klass.new(io)
+
+  yield presenter, io
+end
+
 def as_node(source)
   Crystal::Parser.new(source).parse
 end
diff --git a/src/ameba.cr b/src/ameba.cr
index d2eeffc1..e675939a 100644
--- a/src/ameba.cr
+++ b/src/ameba.cr
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require "./ameba/ast/**"
 require "./ameba/ext/**"
 require "./ameba/rule/**"
 require "./ameba/formatter/*"
+require "./ameba/presenter/*"
 require "./ameba/source/**"
 
 # Ameba's entry module.
diff --git a/src/ameba/cli/cmd.cr b/src/ameba/cli/cmd.cr
index d8ce4a7e..e9a0ffbd 100644
--- a/src/ameba/cli/cmd.cr
+++ b/src/ameba/cli/cmd.cr
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ module Ameba::Cli
     configure_rules(config, opts)
 
     if opts.rules?
-      print_rules(config)
+      print_rules(config.rules)
+    end
+
+    if describe_rule_name = opts.describe_rule
+      unless rule = config.rules.find(&.name.== describe_rule_name)
+        raise "Unknown rule"
+      end
+      describe_rule(rule)
     end
 
     runner = Ameba.run(config)
@@ -49,6 +56,7 @@ module Ameba::Cli
     property globs : Array(String)?
     property only : Array(String)?
     property except : Array(String)?
+    property describe_rule : String?
     property location_to_explain : NamedTuple(file: String, line: Int32, column: Int32)?
     property fail_level : Severity?
     property? skip_reading_config = false
@@ -119,6 +127,11 @@ module Ameba::Cli
         configure_explain_opts(loc, opts)
       end
 
+      parser.on("-d", "--describe Category/Rule",
+        "Describe a rule with specified name") do |rule_name|
+        configure_describe_opts(rule_name, opts)
+      end
+
       parser.on("--without-affected-code",
         "Stop showing affected code while using a default formatter") do
         opts.without_affected_code = true
@@ -152,6 +165,11 @@ module Ameba::Cli
       opts.without_affected_code?
   end
 
+  private def configure_describe_opts(rule_name, opts)
+    opts.describe_rule = rule_name.presence
+    opts.formatter = :silent
+  end
+
   private def configure_explain_opts(loc, opts)
     location_to_explain = parse_explain_location(loc)
     opts.location_to_explain = location_to_explain
@@ -183,14 +201,13 @@ module Ameba::Cli
     exit 0
   end
 
-  private def print_rules(config)
-    config.rules.each do |rule|
-      puts "%s [%s] - %s" % {
-        rule.name.colorize(:white),
-        rule.severity.symbol.to_s.colorize(:green),
-        rule.description.colorize(:dark_gray),
-      }
-    end
+  private def describe_rule(rule)
+    Presenter::RulePresenter.new.run(rule)
+    exit 0
+  end
+
+  private def print_rules(rules)
+    Presenter::RuleCollectionPresenter.new.run(rules)
     exit 0
   end
 end
diff --git a/src/ameba/formatter/explain_formatter.cr b/src/ameba/formatter/explain_formatter.cr
index eb3b79ee..e963d98f 100644
--- a/src/ameba/formatter/explain_formatter.cr
+++ b/src/ameba/formatter/explain_formatter.cr
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ module Ameba::Formatter
   # A formatter that shows the detailed explanation of the issue at
   # a specific location.
   class ExplainFormatter
-    HEADING_MARKER = "## "
-
     include Util
 
     getter output : IO::FileDescriptor | IO::Memory
@@ -64,9 +62,8 @@ module Ameba::Formatter
         rule.name.colorize(:magenta),
         rule.severity.to_s.colorize(rule.severity.color),
       }
-
-      if rule.responds_to?(:description)
-        output_paragraph rule.description
+      if rule_description = colorize_code_fences(rule.description)
+        output_paragraph rule_description
       end
 
       rule_doc = colorize_code_fences(rule.class.parsed_doc)
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ module Ameba::Formatter
     end
 
     private def output_title(title)
-      output << HEADING_MARKER.colorize(:yellow)
+      output << "### ".colorize(:yellow)
       output << title.upcase.colorize(:yellow)
       output << "\n\n"
     end
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ module Ameba::Formatter
 
     private def output_paragraph(paragraph : Array)
       paragraph.each do |line|
-        output << ' ' << line << '\n'
+        output << "    " << line << '\n'
       end
       output << '\n'
     end
diff --git a/src/ameba/formatter/util.cr b/src/ameba/formatter/util.cr
index fb3f226e..da8554a0 100644
--- a/src/ameba/formatter/util.cr
+++ b/src/ameba/formatter/util.cr
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module Ameba::Formatter
   module Util
+    extend self
+
     def deansify(message : String?) : String?
       message.try &.gsub(/\x1b[^m]*m/, "").presence
     end
diff --git a/src/ameba/presenter/base_presenter.cr b/src/ameba/presenter/base_presenter.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73f9ad00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ameba/presenter/base_presenter.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module Ameba::Presenter
+  private ENABLED_MARK  = "✓".colorize(:green)
+  private DISABLED_MARK = "x".colorize(:red)
+
+  class BasePresenter
+    # TODO: allow other IOs
+    getter output : IO::FileDescriptor | IO::Memory
+
+    def initialize(@output = STDOUT)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/ameba/presenter/rule_collection_presenter.cr b/src/ameba/presenter/rule_collection_presenter.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e833df11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ameba/presenter/rule_collection_presenter.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+module Ameba::Presenter
+  class RuleCollectionPresenter < BasePresenter
+    def run(rules)
+      rules = rules.to_h do |rule|
+        name = rule.name.split('/')
+        name = "%s/%s" % {
+          name[0...-1].join('/').colorize(:light_gray),
+          name.last.colorize(:white),
+        }
+        {name, rule}
+      end
+      longest_name = rules.max_of(&.first.size)
+
+      rules.group_by(&.last.group).each do |group, group_rules|
+        output.puts "— %s" % group.colorize(:light_blue).underline
+        output.puts
+        group_rules.each do |name, rule|
+          output.puts "  %s  [%s]    %s    %s" % {
+            rule.enabled? ? ENABLED_MARK : DISABLED_MARK,
+            rule.severity.symbol.to_s.colorize(:green),
+            name.ljust(longest_name),
+            rule.description.colorize(:dark_gray),
+          }
+        end
+        output.puts
+      end
+
+      output.puts "Total rules: %s / %s enabled" % {
+        rules.size.to_s.colorize(:light_blue),
+        rules.count(&.last.enabled?).to_s.colorize(:light_blue),
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/ameba/presenter/rule_presenter.cr b/src/ameba/presenter/rule_presenter.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a790ac4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ameba/presenter/rule_presenter.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+module Ameba::Presenter
+  class RulePresenter < BasePresenter
+    def run(rule)
+      output.puts
+      output_title "Rule info"
+      output_paragraph "%s of a %s severity [enabled: %s]" % {
+        rule.name.colorize(:magenta),
+        rule.severity.to_s.colorize(rule.severity.color),
+        rule.enabled? ? ENABLED_MARK : DISABLED_MARK,
+      }
+      if rule_description = colorize_code_fences(rule.description)
+        output_paragraph rule_description
+      end
+
+      if rule_doc = colorize_code_fences(rule.class.parsed_doc)
+        output_title "Detailed description"
+        output_paragraph rule_doc
+      end
+    end
+
+    private def output_title(title)
+      output.print "### %s\n\n" % title.upcase.colorize(:yellow)
+    end
+
+    private def output_paragraph(paragraph : String)
+      output_paragraph(paragraph.lines)
+    end
+
+    private def output_paragraph(paragraph : Array)
+      paragraph.each do |line|
+        output.puts "    #{line}"
+      end
+      output.puts
+    end
+
+    private def colorize_code_fences(string)
+      return unless string
+      string
+        .gsub(/```(.+?)```/m, &.colorize(:dark_gray))
+        .gsub(/`(?!`)(.+?)`/, &.colorize(:dark_gray))
+    end
+  end
+end