diff --git a/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp b/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp
index e15323058cb..84a85eafaf9 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ void MarkdownBrowser::setMarkdown(const QString &markdown)
 {
     document()->setMarkdown(markdown);
     postProcessDocument(true);
+    // Reset cursor to start of the document, so that "show" does not
+    // scroll to the end of the document.
+    setTextCursor(QTextCursor(document()));
 }
 
 void MarkdownBrowser::postProcessDocument(bool firstTime) const