diff --git a/docs/ldoc.css b/docs/ldoc.css
index 845abaf83..f73a9e090 100644
--- a/docs/ldoc.css
+++ b/docs/ldoc.css
@@ -342,6 +342,16 @@ span.inheritance {
     text-align: right;
 }
 
+span.chips--readonly {
+  border: 1px solid #9db9f3;
+  border-radius: 25px;
+  padding: 1px 3px;
+  font-size: 70%;
+  color: #9db9f3;
+  background-color: #FFF;
+  margin-left: 10px;
+}
+
 table.function_list .function_args /*.function_modname*/ {
     color: #94b1ff;
     text-decoration: underline;
diff --git a/docs/ldoc.ltp b/docs/ldoc.ltp
index 01b260b9f..f7c9b3db7 100644
--- a/docs/ldoc.ltp
+++ b/docs/ldoc.ltp
@@ -292,7 +292,12 @@
 #     end
       </td>
 #   end
-      <td colspan="$(inherited and 1 or 2)" class="summary">$(M(item.summary,item))</td>
+      <td colspan="$(inherited and 1 or 2)" class="summary">
+        $(M(item.summary,item))
+#   if item.tags.readonly then
+        <span class="chips--readonly">read only</span>
+#   end
+      </td>
 #   if inherited then
       <td class="baseclass" nowrap>
         Inherited from $(item.baseclass)