diff --git a/manual/cli.rst b/manual/cli.rst
index 56af6a9c..2f5df5a7 100644
--- a/manual/cli.rst
+++ b/manual/cli.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Basic Invocation
 
 When running qpdf, the basic invocation is as follows:
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    qpdf [ options ] { infilename | --empty } outfilename
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Encryption Options
 To change the encryption parameters of a file, use the --encrypt flag.
 The syntax is
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    --encrypt user-password owner-password key-length [ restrictions ] --
 
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ selecting pages from one or more input files. Whatever file is given as
 the primary input file is used as the starting point, but its pages are
 replaced with pages as specified.
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    --pages input-file [ --password=password ] [ page-range ] [ ... ] --
 
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ copying all of that from the first file. For example, to take pages 1
 through 5 from a :file:`infile.pdf` while preserving
 all metadata associated with that file, you could use
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    qpdf infile.pdf --pages . 1-5 -- outfile.pdf
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ If you wanted pages 1 through 5 from
 :file:`infile.pdf` but you wanted the rest of the
 metadata to be dropped, you could instead run
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    qpdf --empty --pages infile.pdf 1-5 -- outfile.pdf
 
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ If you wanted to take pages 1 through 5 from
 :file:`file2.pdf` in reverse, taking document-level
 metadata from :file:`file2.pdf`, you would run
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    qpdf file2.pdf --pages file1.pdf 1-5 . 15-11 -- outfile.pdf
 
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ file called :file:`encrypted.pdf` with password
 ``pass`` and repeat it twice in an output file, and if you wanted to
 drop document-level metadata but preserve encryption, you would use
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    qpdf --empty --copy-encryption=encrypted.pdf \
         --encryption-file-password=pass \
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ Starting with qpdf 8.4, it is possible to overlay or underlay pages from
 other files onto the output generated by qpdf. Specify overlay or
 underlay as follows:
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    { --overlay | --underlay } file [ options ] --
 
diff --git a/manual/conf.py b/manual/conf.py
index 32800305..37e00395 100644
--- a/manual/conf.py
+++ b/manual/conf.py
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ html_theme = 'nature'
 html_theme_options = {
     "body_max_width": None,
 }
+highlight_language = 'none'
diff --git a/manual/installation.rst b/manual/installation.rst
index 470e6858..568c2e20 100644
--- a/manual/installation.rst
+++ b/manual/installation.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Build Instructions
 
 Building qpdf on UNIX is generally just a matter of running
 
-.. code-block:: text
+::
 
    ./configure
    make