diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0d4deac..3b1f3a3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pip install -e .[dev]
 
 
 7. When the tests pass, [add](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files and [commit](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
-    ```
+    ```bash
     git add path/to/code.py
     git commit -m 'message'
     git push origin name
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a256b6c..0dd4812 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Chat Items
 
 Chat items/messages are parsed into JSON objects (a.k.a. dictionaries) and should follow a format similar to this:
 
-.. code-block::
+.. code:: json
 
     {
         ...