diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e83e43f..b913311 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,31 +24,31 @@ Platform.js has been tested in at least Adobe AIR 3.1, Chrome 5-21, Firefox 1.5-
 
 In a browser or Adobe AIR:
 
-~~~ html
+```html
 <script src="platform.js"></script>
-~~~
+```
 
 Via [npm](http://npmjs.org/):
 
-~~~ bash
+```bash
 npm install platform
-~~~
+```
 
 In [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and [RingoJS](http://ringojs.org/):
 
-~~~ js
+```js
 var platform = require('platform');
-~~~
+```
 
 In [Rhino](http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/):
 
-~~~ js
+```js
 load('platform.js');
-~~~
+```
 
 In an AMD loader like [RequireJS](http://requirejs.org/):
 
-~~~ js
+```js
 require({
   'paths': {
     'platform': 'path/to/platform'
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ require({
 ['platform'], function(platform) {
   console.log(platform.name);
 });
-~~~
+```
 
 Usage example:
 
-~~~ js
+```js
 // on IE10 x86 platform preview running in IE7 compatibility mode on Windows 7 64 bit edition
 platform.name; // 'IE'
 platform.version; // '10.0'
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ info.version; // '11.52'
 info.layout; // 'Presto'
 info.os; // 'Mac OS X 10.7.2'
 info.description; // 'Opera 11.52 (identifying as Firefox 4.0) on Mac OS X 10.7.2'
-~~~
+```
 
 ## Author
 
diff --git a/vendor/docdown/README.md b/vendor/docdown/README.md
index 7581efc..7e2665e 100644
--- a/vendor/docdown/README.md
+++ b/vendor/docdown/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ For a list of upcoming features, check out our [roadmap](https://github.com/jdal
 
 Usage example:
 
-~~~ php
+```php
 require("docdown.php");
 
 // generate Markdown
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $markdown = docdown(array(
   "path" => $filepath,
   "url"  => "https://github.com/username/project/blob/master/my.js"
 ));
-~~~
+```
 
 ## Author
 
diff --git a/vendor/docdown/src/DocDown/Entry.php b/vendor/docdown/src/DocDown/Entry.php
index 87a8c19..e7924c0 100644
--- a/vendor/docdown/src/DocDown/Entry.php
+++ b/vendor/docdown/src/DocDown/Entry.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public function getExample() {
     preg_match('#\*\s*@example\s+([\s\S]*?)(?=\*\s\@[a-z]|\*/)#', $this->entry, $result);
     if (count($result)) {
       $result = trim(preg_replace('/(?:^|\n)\s*\* ?/', "\n", $result[1]));
-      $result = '~~~ ' . $this->lang . "\n" . $result . "\n~~~";
+      $result = '```' . $this->lang . "\n" . $result . "\n```";
     }
     return $result;
   }
diff --git a/vendor/qunit-clib/README.md b/vendor/qunit-clib/README.md
index 8c4259b..b84a21c 100644
--- a/vendor/qunit-clib/README.md
+++ b/vendor/qunit-clib/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ QUnit CLIB has been tested in at least Node.js 0.4.8-0.8.6, Narwhal v0.3.2, Ring
 
 ## Usage
 
-~~~ js
+```js
 (function(window) {
 
   // use a single load function
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ QUnit CLIB has been tested in at least Node.js 0.4.8-0.8.6, Narwhal v0.3.2, Ring
     QUnit.start();
   }
 }(typeof global == 'object' && global || this));
-~~~
+```
 
 ## Footnotes