diff --git a/rest-notes-spring-data-rest/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc b/rest-notes-spring-data-rest/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc
index c766b93f..5f8e71db 100644
--- a/rest-notes-spring-data-rest/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc
+++ b/rest-notes-spring-data-rest/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Andy Wilkinson;
 :doctype: book
 :toc:
 :toclevels: 4
-:source-highlighter: prettify
+:source-highlighter: highlightjs
 
 [introduction]
 = Introduction
diff --git a/rest-notes-spring-hateoas/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc b/rest-notes-spring-hateoas/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc
index a6ddf318..ab83ba4f 100644
--- a/rest-notes-spring-hateoas/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc
+++ b/rest-notes-spring-hateoas/src/documentation/asciidoc/main.asciidoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Andy Wilkinson;
 :doctype: book
 :toc:
 :toclevels: 4
-:source-highlighter: prettify
+:source-highlighter: highlightjs
 
 [introduction]
 = Introduction
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/DocumentationWriter.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/DocumentationWriter.java
index 872f3d15..c999e8ca 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/DocumentationWriter.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/DocumentationWriter.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class DocumentationWriter extends PrintWriter {
 	}
 
 	public void shellCommand(final DocumentationAction... actions) throws Exception {
-		codeBlock(new DocumentationAction() {
+		codeBlock("bash", new DocumentationAction() {
 
 			@Override
 			public void perform() throws Exception {
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ public class DocumentationWriter extends PrintWriter {
 		super.write(s);
 	}
 
-	public void codeBlock(DocumentationAction... actions) throws Exception {
+	public void codeBlock(String language, DocumentationAction... actions) throws Exception {
 		println();
+		if (language != null) {
+			println("[source," + language + "]");
+		}
 		println("----");
 		for (DocumentationAction action : actions) {
 			action.perform();
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/RestDocumentationResultHandlers.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/RestDocumentationResultHandlers.java
index f30b77fc..8fdbd64c 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/RestDocumentationResultHandlers.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/core/RestDocumentationResultHandlers.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public abstract class RestDocumentationResultHandlers {
 			@Override
 			public void handle(MvcResult result, DocumentationWriter writer)
 					throws Exception {
-				writer.codeBlock(new CurlResponseDocumentationAction(writer, result,
+				writer.codeBlock("http", new CurlResponseDocumentationAction(writer, result,
 						getCurlConfiguration()));
 			}
 		};
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public abstract class RestDocumentationResultHandlers {
 					throws Exception {
 				writer.shellCommand(new CurlRequestDocumentationAction(writer, result,
 						getCurlConfiguration()));
-				writer.codeBlock(new CurlResponseDocumentationAction(writer, result,
+				writer.codeBlock("http", new CurlResponseDocumentationAction(writer, result,
 						getCurlConfiguration()));
 			}
 		};
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public abstract class RestDocumentationResultHandlers {
 				printStream.close();
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		private PrintStream createPrintStream()
 				throws FileNotFoundException {