diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec977a688..52360a7ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,13 +65,17 @@ so something like the following will build it.
 Go into the source directory, create a build directory,
 and change into it.
 
-    mkdir build
-    cd build
+```bash
+mkdir build
+cd build
+```
 
 Then, invoke [CMake to generate a project][cmake-generate].
 Feel free to change the build type or generator ("Ninja" is fast and parallel) as you see fit.
 
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "Unix Makefiles"
+```bash
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "Unix Makefiles"
+```
 
 If you plan to install the runtime,
 append something like `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/.local`
@@ -83,14 +87,18 @@ though you can manually invoke your build tool (`make`, `ninja`, etc.) if you pr
 The first command builds the runtime and docs,
 and the second, which is optional, installs the runtime under `${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}`.
 
-    cmake --build .
-    cmake --build . --target install
+```bash
+cmake --build .
+cmake --build . --target install
+```
 
 Alternately, if using Make, the following will build the runtime and docs, then install.
 Replace `make` with `ninja` if you used the Ninja generator.
 
-    make
-    make install
+```bash
+make
+make install
+```
 
 Documentation can be browsed by opening `doc/html/index.html` in the build directory in a web browser.
 
@@ -109,7 +117,9 @@ OpenXR loader and API layers.
 
 The OpenXR loader can be pointed to a runtime json file in a nonstandard location with the environment variable `XR_RUNTIME_JSON`. Example:
 
-    XR_RUNTIME_JSON=~/monado/build/openxr_monado-dev.json ./openxr-example
+```bash
+XR_RUNTIME_JSON=~/monado/build/openxr_monado-dev.json ./openxr-example
+```
 
 For this reason this runtime creates two manifest files within the build directory:
 
@@ -163,7 +173,9 @@ To manually apply clang-format to every non-external source file in the tree,
 run this command in the source dir with a `sh`-compatible shell
 (Git for Windows git-bash should be OK):
 
-    scripts/format-project.sh
+```bash
+scripts/format-project.sh
+```
 
 You can optionally put something like `CLANG_FORMAT=clang-format-7` before that command
 if your clang-format binary isn't named `clang-format`.