diff --git a/docs/components/romlib-design.rst b/docs/components/romlib-design.rst
index 9f62b7c..ab39723 100644
--- a/docs/components/romlib-design.rst
+++ b/docs/components/romlib-design.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 In the below example the usage of ROMLIB together with mbed TLS is demonstrated
 to showcase the benefits of library at ROM - it's not mandatory.
 
-::
+.. code:: shell
 
     make PLAT=fvp                                                   \
     MBEDTLS_DIR=</path/to/mbedtls/>                                 \
diff --git a/docs/components/sdei.rst b/docs/components/sdei.rst
index 8c08789..7b6cc91 100644
--- a/docs/components/sdei.rst
+++ b/docs/components/sdei.rst
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 The SDEI dispatcher implementation provides ``sdei_dispatch_event()`` API for
 this purpose. The API has the following signature:
 
-::
+.. code:: c
 
         int sdei_dispatch_event(int ev_num);
 
diff --git a/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-design.rst b/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-design.rst
index 31276cd..88052c5 100644
--- a/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-design.rst
+++ b/docs/components/secure-partition-manager-design.rst
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 Then build TF-A with SPM support and include the Standalone MM Secure Partition
 image in the FIP:
 
-::
+.. code:: shell
 
     BL32=path/to/standalone/mm/sp BL33=path/to/bl33.bin \
     make PLAT=fvp ENABLE_SPM=1 ARM_BL31_IN_DRAM=1 fip all