diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index ccd3ee5..5cb3bfd 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -129,13 +129,8 @@ 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><pre><code>put your code here</code></pre></code></pre>
-
-__Wrap single-line code with code tags:__ (Prism.js only)
-
-	<code>put your code here</code>
+* Wrap multi-line code with pre &amp; code tags: &lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;...&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
+* Wrap single-line code with code tags: &lt;code&gt;...&lt;/code&gt; (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).