diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 87c1aa117..31660f2ac 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ## Your minimal example showing the bug
 
-```
+```latex
 \RequirePackage{latexbug}       % <--should be always the first line (see CONTRIBUTING)!
 \documentclass{article}
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 73b8a7114..a32dfe6ea 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ exhibits the issue. The [`latexbug`](https://github.com/latex3/latexbug)
 package should be loaded at the very top of any such test file used to
 report a bug in LaTeX as follows:
 
-    \RequirePackage{latexbug}    % <- first line
-    \documentclass{article}      % or some other class
-    ...                          % code showing the problem
+```latex
+\RequirePackage{latexbug}    % <- first line
+\documentclass{article}      % or some other class
+...                          % code showing the problem
+```
 
 If the `latexbug` package is not part of your distribution you can
 download it