diff --git a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
index aaf615ee40409..0f1e55544e1af 100644
--- a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ variable.
 
 For example:
 
+```
 let x: i32 = "I am not a number!";
 //     ~~~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 //      |             |
@@ -752,6 +753,7 @@ let x: i32 = "I am not a number!";
 //      |    compiler infers type `&str`
 //      |
 //    type `i32` assigned to variable `x`
+```
 "##,
 
 E0309: r##"
@@ -760,6 +762,7 @@ how long the data stored within them is guaranteed to be live. This lifetime
 must be as long as the data needs to be alive, and missing the constraint that
 denotes this will cause this error.
 
+```
 // This won't compile because T is not constrained, meaning the data
 // stored in it is not guaranteed to last as long as the reference
 struct Foo<'a, T> {
@@ -770,6 +773,7 @@ struct Foo<'a, T> {
 struct Foo<'a, T: 'a> {
     foo: &'a T
 }
+```
 "##,
 
 E0310: r##"
@@ -778,6 +782,7 @@ how long the data stored within them is guaranteed to be live. This lifetime
 must be as long as the data needs to be alive, and missing the constraint that
 denotes this will cause this error.
 
+```
 // This won't compile because T is not constrained to the static lifetime
 // the reference needs
 struct Foo<T> {
@@ -788,6 +793,7 @@ struct Foo<T> {
 struct Foo<T: 'static> {
     foo: &'static T
 }
+```
 "##
 
 }