diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 72d9edfab..faadd7adb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ Installation
 ------------
 Redisco requires redis-py 2.0.0 so get it first.
 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
     pip install redis
 
 Then install redisco.
 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
     pip install redisco
 
 
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ Well, expect things to be broken. Really broken.
 Models
 ------
 
-::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     from redisco import models
     class Person(models.Model):
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ Class options
 You can specify some options in your Model to control the behaviour of the
 back scene.
 
-::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     class User(models.Model):
         firstname = models.Attribute()
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ Managers are attached to Model attributes by looking for a ``__attr_name__``
 class attribute. If not present, then it defaults to the lowercase attribute
 name in the Model.
 
-::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     class User(models.Model):
         firstname = models.Attribute()
@@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ of the attribute. The callable should return a list of errors.
 Model.validate will also be called before saving the instance. Override it
 to validate instances not related to attributes.
 
-::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     def not_me(field_name, value):
         if value == 'Me':
@@ -242,7 +246,7 @@ Queries
 Queries are executed using a manager, accessed via the objects class
 attribute.
 
-::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     Person.objects.all()
     Person.objects.filter(name='Conchita')
@@ -257,7 +261,7 @@ Redisco has a limited support for queries involving ranges -- it can only
 filter fields that are numeric, i.e. DateField, DateTimeField, IntegerField,
 and FloatField. The zfilter method of the manager is used for these queries.
 
-::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     Person.objects.zfilter(created_at__lt=datetime(2010, 4, 20, 5, 2, 0))
     Person.objects.zfilter(created_at__gte=datetime(2010, 4, 20, 5, 2, 0))
@@ -271,6 +275,9 @@ structures: lists, sets, sorted set. Anything done to the container is
 persisted to Redis.
 
 Sets
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
     >>> from redisco.containers import Set
     >>> s = Set('myset')
     >>> s.add('apple')
@@ -296,6 +303,9 @@ Sets
     set(['kiwi', 'orange', 'guava', 'apple'])
 
 Lists
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
     >>> from redisco.containers import List
     >>> l = List('alpha')
     >>> l.append('a')
@@ -314,6 +324,9 @@ Lists
 
 
 Sorted Sets
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
     >>> zset = SortedSet('zset')
     >>> zset.members
     ['d', 'a', 'b', 'c']
@@ -336,6 +349,9 @@ Sorted Sets
 
 
 Dicts/Hashes
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
     >>> h = cont.Hash('hkey')
     >>> len(h)
     0
@@ -353,6 +369,8 @@ Additional Info on Containers
 Some methods of the Redis client that require the key as the first argument
 can be accessed from the container itself.
 
+.. code-block:: python
+
     >>> l = List('mylist')
     >>> l.lrange(0, -1)
     0
@@ -374,7 +392,7 @@ All models and containers use a global Redis client object to
 interact with the key-value storage. By default, it connects
 to localhost:6379, selecting db 0. If you wish to specify settings:
 
-::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     import redisco
     redisco.connection_setup(host='localhost', port=6380, db=10)
@@ -384,6 +402,8 @@ The arguments to connect are simply passed to the redis.Redis init method.
 For the containers, you can specify a second argument as the Redis client.
 That client object will be used instead of the default.
 
+.. code-block:: python
+
     >>> import redis
     >>> r = redis.Redis(host='localhost', port=6381)
     >>> Set('someset', r)
@@ -396,11 +416,15 @@ Redisco uses nose for testing.
 
 Install nosetests:
 
-$ pip install nose
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    pip install nose
 
 And test:
 
-$ nosetests
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    nosetests
 
 
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