diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 015f1d5..28fa75b 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -129,8 +129,15 @@ The Prismatic plugin follows the same conventions used by [Prism.js](http://pris
 
 Once the settings are configured, you can enable syntax highlighting for any code snippet by doing one of the following:
 
-* Wrap multi-line code with pre & code tags: `<pre><code>...</code></pre>`
-* Wrap single-line code with code tags: `<code>...</code>` (Prism.js only)
+__Wrap multi-line code with pre & code tags:__
+
+	<pre><code>
+		put your code here
+	</code></pre>
+
+__Wrap single-line code with code tags:__ (Prism.js only)
+
+	<code>put your code here</code>
 
 With the proper markup in place, you can indicate a specific language by adding a class of `language-***` or `lang-***` to the `<code>` tag (where `***` is the language identifier).