diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 09f98ad..f2ebeac 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ A simple configuration file could look like this (note the additional
 dependencies from :py:mod:`.network` and :py:mod:`.pulseaudio` in this
 example):
 
-::
+.. code:: python
 
     # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-