diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
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--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ Once the settings are configured, you can enable syntax highlighting for any cod
 * Wrap multi-line code with pre & code tags: <pre><code>...</code></pre>
 * Wrap single-line code with code tags: <code>...</code> (Prism.js only)
 
-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).
+With the proper markup in place, you can indicate a specific language by adding a class of language-*** or lang-*** to the &lt;code&gt; tag (where *** is the language identifier).
 
 For example, to indicate PHP as the language for a single-line code snippet (Prism.js only):
 
-	<code class="language-php"><?php echo 'Hello world'; ?></code>
+&lt;code class="language-php"&gt;&lt;?php echo 'Hello world'; ?&gt;&lt;/code&gt;
 
 Likewise, to indicate HTML as the language for a multi-line code snippet: