diff --git a/bin/capt b/bin/capt
index 2442579..dceb616 100755
--- a/bin/capt
+++ b/bin/capt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ typeset -A builtin_cannons=(
     cljfmt         '(clj)cljfmt check $CAPT_FILES_CHANGED'
     cljtest        '(clj)cljtest $CAPT_FILES_CHANGED'
     huglint        '(sql)huglint $CAPT_FILES_CHANGED'
+    hugdoc         '(sql)hugdoc $CAPT_FILES_CHANGED'
     wscheck        'wscheck $CAPT_FILES_CHANGED'
     fixcheck       'fixcheck $CAPT_FILES_CHANGED'
     msglint        'msglint "$(cat $GITARG1)"'
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ typeset -A builtin_helps=(
     cljfmt         'Format clojure files (pre-commit)'
     cljtest        'Run test NSs with existing nrepl conn (pre-commit)'
     huglint        'Detect an error in a HugSQL file using ecpg (pre-commit)'
+    hugdoc         'Detect an missing docstring in a HugSQL file (pre-commit)'
     msglint        'Ensure a commit message adheres to a specied standard format (commit-msg)'
     wscheck        'Detect whitespace issues: newlines, BOM, tabs, etc (pre-commit)'
     fixcheck       'Detect FIXMEs, TODOs, etc (pre-commit)'
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ list_available_hooks () {
                   then printf '  %-32s (file and capt)\n' $fg_bold[green]$suphook$reset_color
                   else printf '  %-32s (missing capt call in file)\n' $fg_bold[yellow]$suphook$reset_color
                   fi
-             else printf '  %-32s (missing file: $gf)\n' $fg_bold[magenta]$suphook$reset_color
+             else printf "  %-32s (missing file: $gf)\n" $fg_bold[magenta]$suphook$reset_color
              fi
         else printf '  %-32s (not in capt)\n'  $fg_bold[gray]$suphook$reset_color
         fi
diff --git a/bin/hugdoc b/bin/hugdoc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44b1f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/hugdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#! /bin/zsh
+
+# Detect missing docstrings from hugsql files
+
+# This linter could do a lot better with collecting line numbers and putting
+# into error-friendly format. This was a quick POC.
+
+# Look for occurrences of `-- :name ...\nNOT-- :doc`
+
+missings=(
+    $(grep -Pzo -- '-- :name .*?\n[^-]' $1 | while read -r l; do
+          sed -r 's/.*:name ([a-z<>?!-]+).*/\1/' ; done)
+)
+
+if (( $#missings > 0 ))
+then print "The following functions are missing docstrings:"
+     print -l --  ${missings[1,-3]}
+     exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/install-deps.zsh b/install-deps.zsh
index 7e56895..0c79fc9 100755
--- a/install-deps.zsh
+++ b/install-deps.zsh
@@ -15,3 +15,13 @@ brew install coreutils findutils gnu-tar gnu-sed gawk gnutls gnu-indent gnu-geto
 # sqllint
 print 'Installing postgres libpq for ecpg sql linting'
 brew install libpq
+
+# https://github.com/babashka/bbin (for splint)
+print 'Installing babashka bbin (for splint)'
+brew install babashka/brew/bbin
+
+# https://cljdoc.org/d/io.github.noahtheduke/splint/1.10.1/doc/installation
+print 'Installing splint'
+bbin install io.github.noahtheduke/splint
+
+print 'Add to your path for splint: path+=~/.local/bin'