diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 78240634e..254c6cf4d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ Faust is...
     the rest is just Python, so If you know Python you can already use Faust to do
     stream processing, and it can integrate with just about anything.
 
-    Here's one of the easier applications you can make::
+    Here's one of the easier applications you can make:
+    
+    .. sourcecode:: python
 
         import faust