diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd392731619..1772a00fe20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ This is a thin wrapper around the OpenStreetMap [Overpass API](http://wiki.opens
 
 ## Install it
 
-```
-python setup.py install
+```bash
+$ python setup.py install
 ```
 
 The module is not on PyPi yet.
 
 ## Use it
 
-```
+```python
 >>> from overpass import Overpass
 >>> api = Overpass.API()
 >>> response = api.Get('node["name"="Salt Lake City"]')
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Note that you don't have to include any of the output meta statements. The wrapp
 
 You will get your result as a dictionary, which (for now) represents the JSON output you would get [from the Overpass API directly](http://overpass-api.de/output_formats.html#json). So you could do this for example:
 
-```
+```python
 >>> print [(feature['tags']['name'], feature['id']) for feature in response['elements']]
 [(u'Salt Lake City', 150935219), (u'Salt Lake City', 585370637), (u'Salt Lake City', 1615721573)]
 ```
@@ -35,13 +35,17 @@ The API takes a few parameters:
 
 The default endpoint is `http://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter` but you can pass in the rambler instance (`http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/interpreter`) or your own:
 
-    api = Overpass.API(endpoint=http://overpass.myserver/interpreter)
+```python
+api = Overpass.API(endpoint=http://overpass.myserver/interpreter)
+```
 
 #### `timeout`
 
 The default timeout is 25 seconds, but you can set it to whatever you want.
 
-    api = Overpass.API(timeout=600)
+```python
+api = Overpass.API(timeout=600)
+```
 
 #### `debug`