diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/index.js b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/index.js
index 3d4fa95da7..ecefe7d809 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/index.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const {resolve} = require('canonical-path');
+const semver = require('semver');
 const Package = require('dgeni').Package;
 const basePackage = require('../angular-base-package');
 const contentPackage = require('../content-package');
@@ -8,59 +9,60 @@ const CLI_SOURCE_PATH = resolve(CLI_SOURCE_ROOT, 'node_modules/@angular/cli');
 const CLI_SOURCE_HELP_PATH = resolve(CLI_SOURCE_PATH, 'help');
 
 // Define the dgeni package for generating the docs
-module.exports = new Package('cli-docs', [basePackage, contentPackage])
+module.exports =
+    new Package('cli-docs', [basePackage, contentPackage])
 
-// Register the services and file readers
-.factory(require('./readers/cli-command'))
+        // Register the services and file readers
+        .factory(require('./readers/cli-command'))
 
-// Register the processors
-.processor(require('./processors/processCliContainerDoc'))
-.processor(require('./processors/processCliCommands'))
-.processor(require('./processors/filterHiddenCommands'))
+        // Register the processors
+        .processor(require('./processors/processCliContainerDoc'))
+        .processor(require('./processors/processCliCommands'))
+        .processor(require('./processors/filterHiddenCommands'))
 
-// Configure file reading
-.config(function(readFilesProcessor, cliCommandFileReader) {
-  readFilesProcessor.fileReaders.push(cliCommandFileReader);
-  readFilesProcessor.sourceFiles = readFilesProcessor.sourceFiles.concat([
-    {
-      basePath: CLI_SOURCE_HELP_PATH,
-      include: resolve(CLI_SOURCE_HELP_PATH, '*.json'),
-      fileReader: 'cliCommandFileReader'
-    },
-    {
-      basePath: CONTENTS_PATH,
-      include: resolve(CONTENTS_PATH, 'cli/**'),
-      fileReader: 'contentFileReader'
-    },
-  ]);
-})
+        // Configure file reading
+        .config(function(readFilesProcessor, cliCommandFileReader) {
+          readFilesProcessor.fileReaders.push(cliCommandFileReader);
+          readFilesProcessor.sourceFiles = readFilesProcessor.sourceFiles.concat([
+            {
+              basePath: CLI_SOURCE_HELP_PATH,
+              include: resolve(CLI_SOURCE_HELP_PATH, '*.json'),
+              fileReader: 'cliCommandFileReader'
+            },
+            {
+              basePath: CONTENTS_PATH,
+              include: resolve(CONTENTS_PATH, 'cli/**'),
+              fileReader: 'contentFileReader'
+            },
+          ]);
+        })
 
-.config(function(templateFinder, templateEngine, getInjectables) {
-  // Where to find the templates for the CLI doc rendering
-  templateFinder.templateFolders.unshift(resolve(TEMPLATES_PATH, 'cli'));
-  // Add in templating filters and tags
-  templateEngine.filters = templateEngine.filters.concat(getInjectables(requireFolder(__dirname, './rendering')));
-})
+        .config(function(templateFinder, templateEngine, getInjectables) {
+          // Where to find the templates for the CLI doc rendering
+          templateFinder.templateFolders.unshift(resolve(TEMPLATES_PATH, 'cli'));
+          // Add in templating filters and tags
+          templateEngine.filters = templateEngine.filters.concat(
+              getInjectables(requireFolder(__dirname, './rendering')));
+        })
 
 
-.config(function(renderDocsProcessor) {
+        .config(function(renderDocsProcessor) {
 
-  const cliPackage = require(resolve(CLI_SOURCE_PATH, 'package.json'));
-  const repoUrlParts = cliPackage.repository.url.replace(/\.git$/, '').split('/');
-  const version = `v${cliPackage.version}`;
-  const repo = repoUrlParts.pop();
-  const owner = repoUrlParts.pop();
-  const cliVersionInfo = {
-    gitRepoInfo: { owner, repo },
-    currentVersion: { raw: version }
-  };
+          const cliPackage = require(resolve(CLI_SOURCE_PATH, 'package.json'));
+          const repoUrlParts = cliPackage.repository.url.replace(/\.git$/, '').split('/');
+          const version = `v${semver.clean(cliPackage.version)}`;
+          const repo = repoUrlParts.pop();
+          const owner = repoUrlParts.pop();
+          const cliVersionInfo = {gitRepoInfo: {owner, repo}, currentVersion: {raw: version}};
 
-  // Add the cli version data to the renderer, for use in things like github links
-  renderDocsProcessor.extraData.cliVersionInfo = cliVersionInfo;
-})
+          // Add the cli version data to the renderer, for use in things like github links
+          renderDocsProcessor.extraData.cliVersionInfo = cliVersionInfo;
+        })
 
 
-.config(function(convertToJsonProcessor, postProcessHtml) {
-  convertToJsonProcessor.docTypes = convertToJsonProcessor.docTypes.concat(['cli-command', 'cli-overview']);
-  postProcessHtml.docTypes = postProcessHtml.docTypes.concat(['cli-command', 'cli-overview']);
-});
+        .config(function(convertToJsonProcessor, postProcessHtml) {
+          convertToJsonProcessor.docTypes =
+              convertToJsonProcessor.docTypes.concat(['cli-command', 'cli-overview']);
+          postProcessHtml.docTypes =
+              postProcessHtml.docTypes.concat(['cli-command', 'cli-overview']);
+        });
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.js b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.js
index bca735a8ee..d1203bff48 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.js
@@ -26,22 +26,59 @@ module.exports = function cliCommandFileReader(log) {
           docType: 'cli-command',
           id: `cli-${doc.name}`,
           commandAliases: doc.aliases || [],
-          aliases: computeAliases(doc),
-          path,
+          aliases: computeAliases(doc), path,
           outputPath: `${path}.json`,
           breadCrumbs: [
-            { text: 'CLI', path: 'cli' },
-            { text: name, path },
+            {text: 'CLI', path: 'cli'},
+            {text: name, path},
           ]
         });
+        if (doc.longDescription) {
+          doc.longDescriptionDoc = createLongDescriptionDoc(fileInfo);
+        }
         return [result];
       } catch (e) {
         log.warn(`Failed to read cli command file: "${fileInfo.relativePath}" - ${e.message}`);
       }
     }
   };
-};
+  function computeAliases(doc) {
+    return [doc.name].concat(doc.aliases || []).map(alias => `cli-${alias}`);
+  }
 
-function computeAliases(doc) {
-  return [doc.name].concat(doc.aliases || []).map(alias => `cli-${alias}`);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  /**
+   * Synthesize a doc for the CLI command long description, which is used to generate links
+   * for viewing and editing the long description in GitHub.
+   *
+   * The long description is stored in a markdown file that is referenced from the original
+   * schema file for the command, via the `$longDescription` field. The field is a relative path
+   * to the markdown file from the schema file.
+   *
+   * This function tries to retrieve that original schema based on the file path of the help JSON
+   * file, which was passed to the `cliCommandFileReader.getDocs()` method.
+   */
+  function createLongDescriptionDoc(fileInfo) {
+    try {
+      const path = require('canonical-path');
+      const fs = require('fs');
+      const json5 = require('json5');
+
+      const schemaJsonPath = path.resolve(fileInfo.basePath, '../commands', fileInfo.relativePath);
+      const schemaJson = fs.readFileSync(schemaJsonPath);
+      const schema = json5.parse(schemaJson);
+      if (schema.$longDescription) {
+        return {
+          docType: 'content',
+          startingLine: 0,
+          fileInfo: {
+            realProjectRelativePath:
+                path.join(path.dirname(fileInfo.realProjectRelativePath), schema.$longDescription)
+          }
+        };
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      log.warn('Unable to read CLI long description file info', e, fileInfo);
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.spec.js
index 341c2758af..9c7cfdb3c4 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/cli-command.spec.js
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ const content = `
 }
 `;
 
-const fileInfo = {content, baseName: 'add'};
+const fileInfo = {
+  content,
+  baseName: 'add',
+  relativePath: 'add.json',
+  basePath: __dirname + '/mocks/help',
+};
 
 describe('cli-command reader', () => {
   describe('getDocs', () => {
@@ -77,8 +82,8 @@ describe('cli-command reader', () => {
     it('should compute the bread crumbs', () => {
       const docs = reader.getDocs(fileInfo);
       expect(docs[0].breadCrumbs).toEqual([
-        { text: 'CLI', path: 'cli' },
-        { text: 'add', path: 'cli/add' },
+        {text: 'CLI', path: 'cli'},
+        {text: 'add', path: 'cli/add'},
       ]);
     });
 
@@ -89,7 +94,9 @@ describe('cli-command reader', () => {
 
     it('should extract the long description', () => {
       const docs = reader.getDocs(fileInfo);
-      expect(docs[0].longDescription).toEqual('Add support for a library in your project, for example adding `@angular/pwa` which would configure\nyour project for PWA support.\n');
+      expect(docs[0].longDescription)
+          .toEqual(
+              'Add support for a library in your project, for example adding `@angular/pwa` which would configure\nyour project for PWA support.\n');
     });
 
     it('should extract the command type', () => {
@@ -110,10 +117,19 @@ describe('cli-command reader', () => {
     it('should extract the options', () => {
       const docs = reader.getDocs(fileInfo);
       expect(docs[0].options).toEqual([
-        jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'collection' }),
-        jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'help' }),
-        jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'helpJson' }),
+        jasmine.objectContaining({name: 'collection'}),
+        jasmine.objectContaining({name: 'help'}),
+        jasmine.objectContaining({name: 'helpJson'}),
       ]);
     });
+
+    it('should extract file info for the long description', () => {
+      const [doc] = reader.getDocs(fileInfo);
+      expect(doc.longDescriptionDoc).toEqual({
+        docType: 'content',
+        startingLine: 0,
+        fileInfo: {realProjectRelativePath: 'packages/angular/cli/commands/add-long.md'}
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/mocks/commands/add.json b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/mocks/commands/add.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84423ec268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/readers/mocks/commands/add.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "$longDescription": "./add-long.md"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/cli-command.template.html b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/cli-command.template.html
index 0b775a4b7d..5de2178ff9 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/cli-command.template.html
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/cli-command.template.html
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
     {$ cli.renderSyntax(doc) $}
 
     {% if doc.longDescription.length %}
-    <h2 class="no-anchor">Description</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-anchor">
+        {$ github.githubLinks(doc.longDescriptionDoc, cliVersionInfo) $}
+        Description
+    </h2>
     {$ doc.longDescription | marked $}
     {% endif%}