diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js
index 29c4aba86..b2a0f6e0a 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram.spec.js
@@ -163,4 +163,28 @@ describe('Class diagram', () => {
     );
     cy.get('svg');
   });
+
+  it('5: should render a simple class diagram with abstract method', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `
+    classDiagram
+      Class01 <|-- AveryLongClass : Cool
+      Class01 : |someMethod()
+      `,
+      {}
+    );
+    cy.get('svg');
+  });
+
+  it('6: should render a simple class diagram with static method', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `
+    classDiagram
+      Class01 <|-- AveryLongClass : Cool
+      Class01 : $someMethod()
+      `,
+      {}
+    );
+    cy.get('svg');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/docs/classDiagram.md b/docs/classDiagram.md
index 6e838c6cd..c86685baf 100644
--- a/docs/classDiagram.md
+++ b/docs/classDiagram.md
@@ -105,17 +105,10 @@ Naming convention: a class name should be composed of alphanumeric (unicode allo
 
 UML provides mechanisms to represent class members, such as attributes and methods, and additional information about them.
 
-#### Visibility
-To specify the visibility of a class member (i.e. any attribute or method), these notations may be placed before the member's name, but is it optional:
+Mermaid distinguishes between attributes and functions/methods based on if the **parenthesis** `()` are present or not. The ones with `()` are treated as functions/methods, and others as attributes.
 
-- `+`	Public
-- `-`	Private
-- `#`	Protected
-- `~`	Package
 
-Mermaid distinguishes between attributes and functions/methods based on if the **parenthesis** `()` are present or not. The one with `()` are treated as functions/methods, and others as attributes.
-
-There are two ways to define the members of a class, and regardless of the whichever syntax is used to define the members, the output will still be same. The two different ways are :
+There are two ways to define the members of a class, and regardless of whichever syntax is used to define the members, the output will still be same. The two different ways are :
 - Associate a member of a class using **:** (colon) followed by member name, useful to define one member at a time. For example: 
 
  ```
@@ -125,7 +118,7 @@ There are two ways to define the members of a class, and regardless of the which
   BankAccount : +deposit(amount)
   BankAccount : +withdrawl(amount)
   ```
-  ```mermaid
+  ```  mermaid
     classDiagram
     class BankAccount
     BankAccount : +String owner
@@ -150,7 +143,22 @@ class BankAccount{
         +BigDecimal balance
         +deposit(amount)
         +withdrawl(amount)
-}```
+}
+```
+
+
+#### Visibility
+To specify the visibility of a class member (i.e. any attribute or method), these notations may be placed before the member's name, but it is optional:
+
+- `+`	Public
+- `-`	Private
+- `#`	Protected
+- `~`	Package
+
+>_note_ you can also add additional _classifers_ to a method definition using the following notations (similar to visibliity above):
+> - `|` Abstract e.g.: `|someAbstractMethod()`
+> - `$` Static e.g.: `$someStaticMethod()`
+
 
 ## Defining Relationship
 A relationship is a general term covering the specific types of logical connections found on class and object diagrams. 
diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js b/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
index a1089d3d7..7c9252dc7 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
@@ -400,5 +400,27 @@ describe('class diagram, ', function () {
       expect(testClass.methods[0]).toBe('test()');
       expect(testClass.methods[1]).toBe('foo()');
     });
+
+    it('should handle abstract methods', function () {
+      const str = 'classDiagram\n' + 'class Class1\n' + 'Class1 : |someMethod()';
+      parser.parse(str);
+
+      const testClass = parser.yy.getClass('Class1');
+      expect(testClass.annotations.length).toBe(0);
+      expect(testClass.members.length).toBe(0);
+      expect(testClass.methods.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(testClass.methods[0]).toBe('|someMethod()');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle static methods', function () {
+      const str = 'classDiagram\n' + 'class Class1\n' + 'Class1 : $someMethod()';
+      parser.parse(str);
+
+      const testClass = parser.yy.getClass('Class1');
+      expect(testClass.annotations.length).toBe(0);
+      expect(testClass.members.length).toBe(0);
+      expect(testClass.methods.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(testClass.methods[0]).toBe('$someMethod()');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
index 9814237c4..78a4c4332 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
@@ -281,10 +281,30 @@ const drawClass = function(elem, classDef) {
   logger.info('Rendering class ' + classDef);
 
   const addTspan = function(textEl, txt, isFirst) {
+    let displayText = txt;
+    let cssStyle = '';
+    let classifier = txt.substring(0 , 1);
+    
+    switch (classifier) {
+      case '|':
+      cssStyle = 'font-style:italic;';
+      displayText = txt.substring(1);
+      break;
+      case '$':
+      cssStyle = 'text-decoration:underline;';
+      displayText = txt.substring(1);
+      break;
+    }
+    
     const tSpan = textEl
       .append('tspan')
       .attr('x', conf.padding)
-      .text(txt);
+      .text(displayText);
+    
+    if (cssStyle !== '') {
+      tSpan.attr('style', cssStyle);
+    }
+
     if (!isFirst) {
       tSpan.attr('dy', conf.textHeight);
     }